SDR VW3R200100015

Service difficulty report · Elt

Difficulty date: August 21, 2001
Submitted: September 6, 2001
Operation: Air carrier
System (JASC): 2562 · Emergency Locator Beacon
Part: Elt
Part number: P3030029010
Part serial: 5419
Condition: Inoperative
Location: Life Raft
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: C
Nature of condition: L
Precautionary procedure: K

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

What was found

ELT DOES NOT TRANSMIT ANY SIGNAL. THIS UNIT WAS REPAIRED BY DME CORPORATION ON 11/22/00. IT WAS TESTED WHEN IT CAME BACK AND APPARENTLY WAS WORKING AND HAD BEEN STORED SINCE. BEFORE INSTALLING IT ON A RAFT BEING OVERHAULED, IT WAS TESTED AGAIN AND IT DID NOT TRANSMIT ANY SIGNAL. DME IS REPAIRING IT UNDER WARRANTY AND STATES THE CAUSE OF FAILURE IS TO BE DETERMINED.