Troubleshooting an autopilot altitude hold INOP squawk involves a complicated decision tree that includes several steps and scenarios. Here are three questions to get started.
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Business aircraft satellite television services for some early model systems will be discontinued in the continental United States as early as March 31st.
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We have found a large portion of the inspected oxygen masks to have defective/cracked flow fuses. Replacing the mask is the only corrective action.
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There is limited capacity for the Lear 40 & 45 8-year landing gear inspections coming due this summer.
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Engine cracks have been found as small as a couple of millimeters to as long as six inches.
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Our pre-buy evaluation checklist was created to detect the most commonly found discrepancies we see daily while performing routine and structural inspections.
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We have successfully engineered the necessary tooling and test rigs for the 7X 48-month telescopic duct inspection requirement.
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The regulatory requirements for a return to service for RVSM maintenance and inspections can be very confusing.
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Since our original report, revised information has been received from DirecTV. The current airborne satellite television service from DirecTV will be continued through January 2013.
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When replacing an ART-2000 or ART-2100 radar receiver transmitter with a loaner or replacement unit, make sure to check that the antenna switch settings are set to the proper flat plate.
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All aircraft batteries, regardless of whether they're a ni-cad, lead acid or lithium, will require maintenance at some point and time. It is important to perform these maintenance checks at the required intervals and as instructed in the prescribed maintenance instructions.
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I was recently asked by a customer, “Is it possible to wash my Pratt & Whitney engine too much?” The operator considered his inquiry to be silly when, in fact, it’s a very valid question.
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The problem could be with the remote vertical gyro valid missing due to the gyro not being valid, or it could be the ADI itself is not positioning to where the gyro is telling it to be.
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The normal engine startup sequence removes power from the avionics system, causing it to drop offline. SB560XL-24-14R2 prevents this occurrence.
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When a radar unit is in for repair, having it tested in an environmental/altitude chamber assists in duplicating ‘no fault founds’ and finding intermittent squawks.
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