Service difficulty report · Warning System · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
July 24, 2003
Submitted
July 25, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N328JS
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft serial
3030
Aircraft time
21,691 hours, 19,287 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW119B
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Warning System
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH TO PHL AT 6000 FEET AND 20 MILES WEST THE FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED A TCAS RA. THE FLIGHT CREW INIATED A DESCENT TO 5400 FEET WHERE THE TCAS RA ALERT CLEARED. ATC WAS CONTACTED AND THE FLIGHT CREW WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.