What was found
DURING CLIMB THRU FL 180 THE STBY ALTIMETER SELECT KNOB BROKE, KNOB WILL ONLY ROTATE COUNTER CLOCKWISE. EMERGENCY DECLARED. A/C RETURNED TO ATL AFTER T/O.
- Difficulty date
- January 21, 2008
- Submitted
- January 25, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N972EV
- Make and model
- Cndair CL6002B19
- Aircraft serial
- 7534
- Aircraft time
- 15,674 hours, 12,925 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3416 · Altimeter, Barometric/Encoder
- Part
- Selector Knob
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Stby Altimeter
- Stage of operation
- CL
- 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.