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Small aircraft pilot with newly certified transponder has malfunction failure of transponder on flight within the 30 mi veil.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 339662 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199606 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : iwa airport : ffz |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 480 flight time type : 60 |
| ASRS Report | 339662 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Transponder work had just been completed/tested and certified. We were going to faken field (mesa) when phoenix approach advised us they were not receiving a secondary return. They subsequently advised FF2 tower and we made an uneventful landing. After completion of our meal at the airport restaurant we began our preflight. When we started to taxi, tower was closed for the evening. We got over williams when I noticed the mode C veil and remembered that I forgot to call and advise approach (phx) of our status, ie, no transponder. I would have called and gotten approval either through tower or approach via phone. We never entered the class B (phx) airspace.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA PLT WITH NEWLY CERTIFIED XPONDER HAS MALFUNCTION FAILURE OF XPONDER ON FLT WITHIN THE 30 MI VEIL.
Narrative: XPONDER WORK HAD JUST BEEN COMPLETED/TESTED AND CERTIFIED. WE WERE GOING TO FAKEN FIELD (MESA) WHEN PHOENIX APCH ADVISED US THEY WERE NOT RECEIVING A SECONDARY RETURN. THEY SUBSEQUENTLY ADVISED FF2 TWR AND WE MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG. AFTER COMPLETION OF OUR MEAL AT THE ARPT RESTAURANT WE BEGAN OUR PREFLT. WHEN WE STARTED TO TAXI, TWR WAS CLOSED FOR THE EVENING. WE GOT OVER WILLIAMS WHEN I NOTICED THE MODE C VEIL AND REMEMBERED THAT I FORGOT TO CALL AND ADVISE APCH (PHX) OF OUR STATUS, IE, NO XPONDER. I WOULD HAVE CALLED AND GOTTEN APPROVAL EITHER THROUGH TWR OR APCH VIA PHONE. WE NEVER ENTERED THE CLASS B (PHX) AIRSPACE.
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.