lndwarrior
Well Known Member
While pre-flighting yesterday I hear a beeping coming from the cockpit. All switches are off. A quick glance at the ELT indicator light shows nothing, and besides, the ELT sound is a whoop-whoop, right?
So I'm thinking it may be my high/low voltage buzzer, but the alarm light is not blinking. So I continue to pre-flight while trying to figure out what the beeping is.
Then my phone rings - its' the Air Force asking about my ELT going off!
I look back in the cockpit and notice the ELT light flashing.
I have a new ACK-E04 406 elt bought and installed last August.
When the annunciator lights up, there is a delay between flashing which may be why I missed it the first time. Also, I was doing this in bright sunshine so maybe that contributed to me missing it the first time.
Also, I was expecting to hear the same "whoop-whoop" that you hear over the radio. I was just wrong about that.
Anyway, I'm trying to figure out what to do next? The only thing I could have done to trigger it was climb up on the wing - and I'm a slow moving old guy who weighs about 150 pounds so this should not have triggered it.
Any suggestions as to why this triggered and what should be my next steps in resolving this?
TIA,
Gary
PS: It was somewhat comforting to know that should I really need this device the Air Force response time was just about 2 minutes from activation.
So I'm thinking it may be my high/low voltage buzzer, but the alarm light is not blinking. So I continue to pre-flight while trying to figure out what the beeping is.
Then my phone rings - its' the Air Force asking about my ELT going off!
I look back in the cockpit and notice the ELT light flashing.
I have a new ACK-E04 406 elt bought and installed last August.
When the annunciator lights up, there is a delay between flashing which may be why I missed it the first time. Also, I was doing this in bright sunshine so maybe that contributed to me missing it the first time.
Also, I was expecting to hear the same "whoop-whoop" that you hear over the radio. I was just wrong about that.
Anyway, I'm trying to figure out what to do next? The only thing I could have done to trigger it was climb up on the wing - and I'm a slow moving old guy who weighs about 150 pounds so this should not have triggered it.
Any suggestions as to why this triggered and what should be my next steps in resolving this?
TIA,
Gary
PS: It was somewhat comforting to know that should I really need this device the Air Force response time was just about 2 minutes from activation.