Service difficulty report · Gps · Bell 407

Difficulty date
March 29, 2002
Submitted
May 20, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N407SJ
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53422
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Part
Gps
Part number
0110028000
Part serial
96309009
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cockpit
Part time
1,160 hours
Stage of operation
NR
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

GPS 430 UNIT INOPERATIVE. UNIT WILL NOT VDR LOCK IN VOR FREQUENCIES, ILS OR VOR STATIONS. MESSAGE INDICATES CDI INOPERATIVE WHEN SWITCHING TO VLOC MODE. ALSO, UNIT WILL NOT INDICATE GPS MODE ON THE SCREEN (LOWER LT CORNER). REPLACED WITH LOANER UNIT CORRECTED PROBLEM.

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