Couple days ago I get a call from wasilla city manager telling me they had a local mechanic go unlock my plane and shut off my elt. Immidatly I was wondering why I had not got the call from RCC asking about it, so I called them. Turns out, CAP was out flying and picked up a 121.5 strong at the airport in wasilla. Tracked it to my plane had someone unlock and pull the plug so to speak. No 406 transmition... Next day I pull the elt. Get home and it's corroded around the antenna connector. So off to NLA in Los Anchorage. They pull it apart and the sealed case has a extream amount of water in it, in the form of water drops and moister..with much more corrosion inside. What? Yep it's 5 years old! Told it's junk but we can sell you a new one...for another grand...
So, this is a Kannad Compact. No warranty but only 5 years old with enough water in it to kill it. Looked in the plane, bone dry. Always has been. Anyone flying with a Kannad see this at battery change time?
Needles to say, Kannad has been scratched from the replacement list. I may have needed that coroded POS to save my butt.
What are y'all runnin for elts now? Like it?
And no, haven't flown in a week or so, so it wasn't me
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