Beech A35 aircraft parked had malfunction of emergency locator transmitter which activated. Reporter...

Attributes
ACN	364630
Time
Date	199703
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cpk
State Reference	VA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Bonanza 35
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 6 flight time total : 1800 flight time type : 80
ASRS Report	364630
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

ELT (narco 10) activated mar/97. ELT sent back to narco for repair. ELT returned to service with yellow tag and new battery (certified mar/97). Date: reinstalled mar/97.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BEECH A35 ACFT PARKED HAD MALFUNCTION OF EMER LOCATOR XMITTER WHICH ACTIVATED. RPTR HAD IT REPAIRED.

Narrative: ELT (NARCO 10) ACTIVATED MAR/97. ELT SENT BACK TO NARCO FOR REPAIR. ELT RETURNED TO SVC WITH YELLOW TAG AND NEW BATTERY (CERTIFIED MAR/97). DATE: REINSTALLED MAR/97.

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.

Beech A35 aircraft parked had malfunction of emergency locator transmitter which activated. Reporter had it repaired.