Service difficulty report · Transponder · Gulstm G1159

Difficulty date
August 22, 2008
Submitted
November 18, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N930LS
Make and model
Gulstm G1159
Aircraft serial
133
Aircraft time
9,504 hours, 6,031 cycles
Engine
Rroyce SPEY5118
Engine time
10,093 hours, 7,173 cycles
Part
Transponder
Part number
6226523207
Part serial
11372
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Atc
Part time
1,176 hours
Stage of operation
CR
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

MODE C TRANSPONDERS READ 500 FT HIGH 99 PERCENT OF THE TIME (IN CRUISE). TROUBLESHOOTING IN PROCESS, WILL AMEND FORM WHEN DETERMINATION OF CAUSE 8/22/08. RAN PITOT/STATIC SYS TO 45,000 FT AND CHECKED OUT PUT OF TRANSPONDER SYS WITH ATC601 TEST SET AND INDICATED NORMAL, REMOVED AND REPLACED CTL92 CONTROL GROUND CHECKS GOOD, PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST FLIGHT AND ATC REPORTS NO ABNORMALITIES.