Auburntsts
Well Known Member
My remote mounted Garmin GTX 23 transponder failed right after takeoff tonight. I was on an IFR return flight from South Carolina to Tampa after taking my son back to college. Got a red X on my G3X PFD about the same time I made my initial call to approach. I cycled power on the G3X and the 23 and it sort of came back. It was broadcasting my squawk but no mode C. I still had a red X on the PFD and when I hit the xpdr soft key all of the functions we grayed out and unavailable so I had zero control over it (codes, modes and identity). After I got back to Tampa I tried cycling the power again but no luck. I went into the G3X setup and it showed that it wasn’t receiving any transponder data. Anyone ever have this happen? I suspect the unit is simply Tango Uniform, but the failure mode seems odd to me. I’ll have to pull it and get it to a shop to verify.
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