Service difficulty report · Antenna · Cessna 208

Difficulty date
September 14, 2015
Submitted
September 16, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1265U
Make and model
Cessna 208
Aircraft serial
20800375
Aircraft time
1,150 hours, 2,000 cycles
Part
Antenna
Part number
0130023500
Part serial
60502
Condition
Failed
Location
Gps
Part time
1,100 hours
Component
Gps · Garmin Intl · GNS430W
Component part number
0100041201
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NEITHER GPS WOULD ACQUIRE POSITION. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THAT THE NR 2 GPS ANTENNA WAS FAILED & RADIATING ON GPS FREQUENCY, CAUSING INTERFERENCE FOR NR 1 GPS. IT IS APPARENT THAT THIS ANTENNA FAILURE MODE IS NOT UNCOMMON. CONSIDERING THAT THE EFFECTED GPS UNITS ARE CERTIFIED AS SOLE MEANS OF NAVIGATION, A KNOWN PROBLEM OF THIS TYPE IS VERY CONCERNING. THE NR 2 GPS ANTENNA WAS REPLACED WITH NEW WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED.

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