Service difficulty report · Elt · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
July 29, 2013
Submitted
July 30, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N47HN
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
7317
Aircraft time
231 hours, 638 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
231 hours, 430 cycles
Part
Elt
Part number
4535061
Part serial
05056
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
231 hours, 638 cycles
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ELT ACTIVATED IN FLIGHT AND WOULD NOT RESET. IT ALSO ACTIVATED ON THE BENCH AFTER THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED AND RESET, DURING THE INSPECTION RECEIVED TWO DIFFERENT CODES, A G SWITCH LOOP OPEN FALURE AND NO NAVIGATION DATA PRESENT. THESE CODES WERE AT DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE INSPECTION.

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