Narrative:

Leased small aircraft. Preflted properly. Had transponder failure on trip from N67 to roanoke, va. Nearest avionic repair point. Flying service pottstown. Repaired instrument and completed trip. Continuous communication with arrogant ATC. There was no obvious safety hazard as altimeter is encoding and multiple position reports given by pilot. Lease service notified of repair upon return. ATC very arrogant, belligerent and uncooperative, not of a professional level perhaps due to ATC insecurity and inexperience.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA OPERATING WITHOUT A TRANSPONDER WAS UPSET WITH ATC HANDLING WHILE TRANSITING THE PHL TCA.

Narrative: LEASED SMA. PREFLTED PROPERLY. HAD TRANSPONDER FAILURE ON TRIP FROM N67 TO ROANOKE, VA. NEAREST AVIONIC REPAIR POINT. FLYING SERVICE POTTSTOWN. REPAIRED INSTRUMENT AND COMPLETED TRIP. CONTINUOUS COM WITH ARROGANT ATC. THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS SAFETY HAZARD AS ALTIMETER IS ENCODING AND MULTIPLE POS RPTS GIVEN BY PLT. LEASE SVC NOTIFIED OF REPAIR UPON RETURN. ATC VERY ARROGANT, BELLIGERENT AND UNCOOPERATIVE, NOT OF A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL PERHAPS DUE TO ATC INSECURITY AND INEXPERIENCE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.