Service difficulty report · Button · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
November 3, 2012
Submitted
November 13, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N366PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
524
Aircraft time
29,203 hours, 40,133 cycles
Part
Button
Condition
Stuck
Location
Transponder
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING CRUISE, CREW REPORTED THAT BOTH TRANSPONDERS WERE DISPLAYING A "DIAG" MESSAGE. NEITHER TRANSPONDER WAS TRANSMITTING. GROUND MX CREW DISCOVERED THE TRANSPONDER HEAD CONTROL HAD THE TEST BUTTON STUCK. MX CLEANED THE BUTTON AND PERFORMED AND OPS CHECK WHICH PRODUCED SATISFACTORY RESULTS.