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Pilot of an small aircraft single engine land private aircraft inadvertently activated the aircraft emergency locator transmitter resulting in the pilot owner being notified of the transmitter on by the 'tie in' FAA FSS.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 253556 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199310 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 2i3 |
| State Reference | KY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 500 flight time type : 50 |
| ASRS Report | 253556 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Landed at XA00 local time. Normal shutdown procedure and verified emergency locator transmitter was off by visual check of remote control panel indicator (rcpi). About XX00, oct/xx/93, I was showing another pilot the interior of the plane. I moved my headset into the stowage area where the rcpi was mounted. The microphone on the headset hit the 'test' button on the rcpi and activated the emergency locator transmitter. The emergency locator transmitter stayed on until XG00, oct/xx/93, when I was notified of the activation. The signal was picked up and notification came from louisville, ky. The emergency locator transmitter is a commercial model type, serial number XXXX, tso XXXX. The batteries have been replaced.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF AN SMA SINGLE ENG LAND PVT ACFT INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATED THE ACFT EMER LOCATOR XMITTER RESULTING IN THE PLT OWNER BEING NOTIFIED OF THE XMITTER ON BY THE 'TIE IN' FAA FSS.
Narrative: LANDED AT XA00 LCL TIME. NORMAL SHUTDOWN PROC AND VERIFIED EMER LOCATOR XMITTER WAS OFF BY VISUAL CHK OF REMOTE CTL PANEL INDICATOR (RCPI). ABOUT XX00, OCT/XX/93, I WAS SHOWING ANOTHER PLT THE INTERIOR OF THE PLANE. I MOVED MY HEADSET INTO THE STOWAGE AREA WHERE THE RCPI WAS MOUNTED. THE MIKE ON THE HEADSET HIT THE 'TEST' BUTTON ON THE RCPI AND ACTIVATED THE EMER LOCATOR XMITTER. THE EMER LOCATOR XMITTER STAYED ON UNTIL XG00, OCT/XX/93, WHEN I WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ACTIVATION. THE SIGNAL WAS PICKED UP AND NOTIFICATION CAME FROM LOUISVILLE, KY. THE EMER LOCATOR XMITTER IS A COMMERCIAL MODEL TYPE, SERIAL NUMBER XXXX, TSO XXXX. THE BATTERIES HAVE BEEN REPLACED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.