Service difficulty report · Ils System · Emb EMB135KL

Difficulty date
November 3, 2010
Submitted
November 4, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N829AE
Make and model
Emb EMB135KL
Aircraft serial
145609
Aircraft time
20,243 hours, 18,077 cycles
Part
Ils System
Condition
Erratic
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
I
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON FLIGHT 2930 THE CREW REPORTED VIA TELEPHONE UPON APPROACH TO SHV BOTH INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEMS AND LOCALIZER INDICATIONS WERE ERRATIC AND UNRELIABLE. THE CREW ABORTED THE APPROACH AND STARTED A SECOND APPROACH BUT THE WEATHER MINIMUMS WERE TOO LOW AND THE CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT TO GGG. THE AIRCRAFT HAD A VERY HIGH FREQUENCY OMNI DIRECTIONAL RANGE LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE. COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. A GENERAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF BOTH INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM ANTENNAS WAS DONE AND NO DEFECT NOTED. THE OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD IAW AMM 34-32-00 USING NAV-402 TEST BOX S/N 1159. NO PARTS REMOVED OR REPLACED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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