Service difficulty report · Control Head · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
September 28, 2007
Submitted
October 2, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N365PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
526
Aircraft time
20,476 hours, 29,541 cycles
Part
Control Head
Part number
6229614113
Part serial
1185
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Atc
Part time
11,776 hours, 117,052 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

SEA FLIGHT NR 2132 ATC TRANSPONDERS 1 AND 2 REPORT INOP. TRANSPONDERS RE-CYCLED MANY TIMES WITH TCAS ON AND OFF, STILL NO TRANSPONDER SIGNAL REPORTED FROM ATC. "TCAS FAIL" MESSAGE ALSO DISPLAYED IN BOTH IVSI'S. REPLACED TCAS CONTROL HEAD AND PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST. TEST GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.