Service difficulty report · Tcas System · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
August 12, 2017
Submitted
August 15, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N268SL
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC68
Aircraft time
40,127 hours, 33,743 cycles
Part
Tcas System
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
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

PILOT REPORTED- "HE RECEIVED A CLEARANCE FROM RADIO, THAT WAS PASSED FROM ATC, "ON DEPARTURE TURN LEFT HEADING 090 AND MAINTAIN 4,000 FT." AS WE CLIMBED THROUGH 2,000 FT, CHECKED IN WITH CENTER AND WAS GIVEN A NEW ALTITUDE OF "CLIMB AND MAINTAIN FL21000." AS WE CLIMBED THROUGH 8,500 FT WE GOT A TERRAIN WARNING "TERRAIN AHEAD PULL UP, TERRAIN AHEAD PULL UP." WE ACTED ON THE WARNING PER OUR CFIT MANEUVER, AND AS WE CLIMBED THROUGH 10,000 FT THE WARNING WENT AWAY. THE CO-PILOT WAS PILOT FLYING AND AS HE PITCHED UP I PULLED UP THE TERRAIN PAGE AND CHECKED ON MY TABLET THE SAFE ALTITUDE AND RESUMED A NORMAL CLIMB." END. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH ACSS TCAS2 COMPONENT MANUFACTURERS TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION.

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