PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION SECTION
7
PA.2E.rn, ARCHER lI DESCRTPTION & OPERATION
7.37 EMERCENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER*
The Em€rgency Locator Transmitter
(ELT)
*hen installed, is located in
the aft
portion
of the fuselage
just
below the stabilaror leading
edge and is
accessible through
a
plate
on the right side of the fuselage.
Tlis
plate
is
anached with sloited-head nyion screws for ease of removal; these screws
may be readily removed with a variety of common ilems such as a dime, a
key, a knife blade, etc. lf there are no tools available in an energ€ncy the
screw heads may be broken off by any m€ans. The ELT is an emergency
locator lransmhter
which
meets
the requiremenls
of FAR 91.52.
A baltery replacement date is markedon the transmitter to comply with
FAA regulalions, the battery must b€ replaced on or before this date. The
battery
must also
be replac€d if the transmitter has b€en
used
in
an
emergency siluation
or ifthe accumulated test time exc€eds
one
hour,
or
if
the
unil has b€en
inadvertently activated for an undetermined
lime
period.
NOTE
lf ior anv reason a test tranrmirsion is
necessary, the lest transmission should b€
conducred only in the
lirst
five minutes of any
hour
and
limited to three audio
sweeps.
lf the
tests must be made at any other time, rhe tests
should be coordinated wilh the n€arest FAA
tower or llight service station.
NARCO ELT
IO
OPERATION
On
the
ELT unil
itselfis athree
posilion
switch
placarded
"ON.""OFF"
and "ARM." The ARM
position
s€ts the
ELT
so that it $ill transmil
afler
impact and will continue !o lransmir until its batrcry is
drained.
The
ARM
position
is selected wh€n the ELT is installed in the airplan€ and it should
remain in lhat
position.
.Optional
equipment
ISSUEDT
JULY
t,
1979 REPORT:
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