2000 Search Reports
November 15, 2000
Other
Alert information:12:30 with an intermittentant ELT at APA.
FSS called in the problem.
Located: I departed work at 1240 negative signal. About 1247
I heard 3 sweeps, followed by 2 sweeps, followed by 1 sweep. At 1250 I
stopped at TAC Air to chase a carrier only signal there. The carrier only
signal turned out to be a cherry picker working on a gutter. On the way
back to work I heard 5 sweeps followed by 3 sweeps, followed by 1 sweep,
some what weaker at about 1308. It will be hard to guess what this is because
there was a constant wind from the west about 10 to 15 kts. I could not
say anything but that the signal seemed much stronger on the SE side of
the tower. Departing to the North the signal sounded weaker.
Teams: jbv
Lessons Learned:
November 07, 2000
Non-Distress
Alert information: Jefferson County AirportAlert at 1357 signial
on and off, I did not page a go on the ELT until approx 1430.
Located: Located at Mountain Air non-distress, ELT on desk to
get battery replaced was knock over onto floor. No antenna flaky signial
on and off
Teams: NØJJH, NØNIM, NØZEE
Lessons Learned: We are going to need to get access to the T
hangers at BJC, it is a long, cold, walk from the gate.
September 26, 2000
Non-Distress
Alert information: Centennial Airport
Located: 1540L Ham monitor alerted. 1556L Departed work with
ELT aquired. 1605L Departed vehicle at Pilatus hangar with strong signal.
1612L ELT was off on 336PC 1625L back at the office
Teams: jbv, psr
Lessons Learned:
September 22, 2000
Non-Distress
Alert information: Civil Air Patrol SAR-SATMission 5330 (CO00-266)
ELT at DIA 1335L 1935Z Paged from AFRCC I-5330 Opened 1934Z 09/22/2000
SARSAT 1905Z N39-50.2 W104-37.2 121.5 1345L 1935Z Called DIA Operations
asked if they could monitor 121.5 and return a call to me. 1351L 1951Z
DIA returned call that confirmed that ELT was heard at DIA 1353L 1953Z
Called Hams asked them to alert. 1354L 1954Z DIA Operations (Steve) called
informed us that ADF showed ELT was South of tower (176-180 Deg). I alerted
them that Hams and CAP would be responding to Gate 5 1400L 2000Z Announced
on Denver Repeater that ELT was active at DIA and responders needed to
call me at work. BM130 responded. 1401L 2001Z N0NIM is responding to DIA
30 Minutes ETA 1403L 2003Z Updated RCC with current situation. NOTE: Drizzle
in Denver area 1445L 2045Z N0NIM and N0ZEE at DIA working signal 1531L
2131Z Updated RCC with current situation. 1600L 2200Z N0NIM announced that
ELT was located at United in a life raft, working on access. 1642L 2242Z
Updated RCC with current information. New hit 2220Z N39-49.9 W104-36.3
Located: 1654L 2254Z N0NIM called and ELT was found in deployed
escape slide that was going to get shipped back to CA. ELT was off at 1630L
2230Z 1656L 2256Z Updated RCC that ELT was disabled. 1826L 2426Z AFRCC
called that Incident was closed
Teams: jbv, nim, zee
Lessons Learned:
September 01, 2000
Non-Distress
Alert information: Centennial AirportHam monitor activated at
1348L at APA departed the vehicle about 1410L near the tower. After wakling
around the hangar and adjoining hangars to make sure this was not a reflection
I ran to Ed and advised him to the hangar I was working on. Ed was going
to get access to the ramp from Operations and I walked into the hangar.
An immediate jump in signal strength boosted my confidence that I was in
the right hangar.
Located: I ran into a person (said excuse me ;-) and asked him
if he had tested an ELT. He had accidently bumped a switch and reset it.
He returned to the aircraft (PA-31T) and reset the switch. The ELT ceased
at 1428L
Teams: jbv, mhu
Lessons Learned:
August 29, 2000
Non-Distress
Alert information: Centennial AirportHam monitor alerted at
0959 10:13 Aquired ELT half way to Tower. 1018 departed vehicle to search
ramp. 10:30 met up with N0ZEE and isoated hangar row (building 29). 10:41
Isolated hangar 12. 10:45 contacted Jet Center for hangar owner. Was given
a name and number. Jet Center contacted them. 11:30 contacted again (with
more details, hangar 29 and C12) this gave yet another number and owner.
Jet Center left a message, and checked for a key
Located: At 1217 we were met at the hangar by a jet center employee
(Roy) and the ELT was confirmed on. I forgot a Orange sticker and when
I arrived back Steve P (owner) drove up. He deactivated the ELT at 1231,
on a Mooney.
Teams: jbv, zee
Lessons Learned:
August 15, 2000
Non-Distress
Alert information:eldorado still hearing elt on 243, very weak.
kent went to hills south of eldorado mtn. aprox 16 degrees magnetic. plots
someplace between tricounty north to FNL
Located: ELT located just at parkland (northeast of the town
of erie). turned off 18:30.
Teams: lpm, zee, psr, bm 226, bm 219, bm50 bm117(in cap flight
571)
Lessons Learned: Fun with 2 elts going (BKF and Parkland)
August 15, 2000
Non-Distress
Alert information:buckley ops called 14:26 said chopper pilot
hear elt at landing. buckley monitor negative. eldorado hearing elt on
243, just bearly. teams in route to buckley, herd elt.
Located: located elt in survival equipment, in airplane on ramp.
Teams: lpm, zee, psr, bm 226, bm 219, bm50 bm117(in cap flight
571)
Lessons Learned: Fun with 2 elts going (BKF and Parkland)
August 15, 2000
Non-Distress
Alert information: Civil Air Patrol SAR-SAT
Located: At Parkland
Teams: Cap flight psr, zee, fcc others?
Lessons Learned:
August 08, 2000
Non-Distress
Alert information: Centennial Airport1458 Local ham monitor
alerted, 15:01 departed work with ELT aquired. Strongest signal at Jet
Center West, departed vehicle and DFed to ramp. On west side of building
DF pointed back to Precision.
Located: After isolating one aircraft we were pointed in to
the Aviaonics section where on of the people working went to the Cessna
-402 and turned off the ELT. Off time 1517 Local.
Teams: jbv
Lessons Learned:
August 08, 2000
Non-Distress
Alert information: Centennial Airport
Located: found it at the south end of the ramp at Jet Center
East about 0808. This was on a C-172
Teams: jbv, zee
Lessons Learned:
July 24, 2000
Non-Distress
Alert information: Jefferson County Airport
Located: Located on aircraft on west side of airport
Teams: psr, jjh
Lessons Learned:
June 22, 2000
Non-Distress
Alert information: Centennial AirportHangar 23 4 aircraft to
south of shelter Camachee 250 (1958).
Located: ELT was off at 11:14. Owner was at Jet Center East
and returned to deactivate ELT. They first heard it after pulling off the
taxi way. ELT would not reset so it was left off.
Teams: jbv, and ?
Lessons Learned:
June 21, 2000
Non-Distress
Alert information: Centennial Airport1238 PM Local Ham monitor
alerted at APA. Monitering did not get an immediate ELT. 1259 Monitor alerted
again. At 1330, I checked the monitor again and this time I heard an ELT.
I departed work for APA about 1340. Aquired the ELT about the USWest Hangar.
Narrowed the area down to about Precision Aviation. Departed the vehicle
and found the ELT was strongest at the Jet Center West Ramp between two
Jets. Citation X and Lear Jet, both had a strong signal. The Lear activated
their ELT which was a fast sweep and discounted that aircraft's ELT. The
Citation activivated theirs and no new signal was detected. After several
re-evaluating of the location we asked the Citation to check their ELT
direct. They called a mechanic. While the mechanic was working his way
to the ELT I remembered the Hams talking about a liferaft on a corporate
jet and asked the Citation if I could examine theirs. The Elper without
an antenna detected no signal.
Located: returned to the Lear and their liferaft showed positive.
After removing the liferaft from the aircraft this was confirmed by the
two hams at the site. Consulting the manager at precision, the life raft
was opened and the ELT deactivated. While re-packing the ELT activated
again. When I left the people on-board the Lear were making arrangements
with the manager at Precision as to what to do with the raft. I made my
apoligies to the crew of the Citation and left them my card if they had
any problems. The ELT was off at 1458L.
Teams: jbv, and the other 2?
Lessons Learned:
May 25, 2000
Non-Distress
Alert information: Centennial AirportAlerted by Ham monitor
at 1336 and departed 1341 from the office. I did not aquire until after
Arapahoe on Peoria while approaching airport.
Located: Aircraft was located SW of Jet Center West on the ramp.
ELT was switched on at the console by accident.
Teams: jbv
Lessons Learned: