What was found
PILOT ALTIMETER ALTITUDE SELECTOR KNOB BROKEN, CAN'T SELECT ALTITUDE, BARO, IN COLLSMAN WINDOW. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT. REPLACED ALTIMETER.
- Difficulty date
- March 12, 2016
- Submitted
- March 14, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N117AX
- Make and model
- Beech 1900C
- Aircraft serial
- UC79
- Aircraft time
- 36,441 hours, 39,936 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3416 · Altimeter, Barometric/Encoder
- Part
- Knob
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Altimeter
- Component
- Altimeter · Bendix
- Component part number
- 066306200
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.