# Incident 20030303007419I: Boeing 73773A, Burbank, CA, March 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2003, 00:20 local time
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Airport: Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airp
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TSAA
- Location: 34.1901° N, 118.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burbank, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-118.3264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739AL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 73773A
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030303007419I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FLIGHT CREW OF INBOUND FLIGHT #466, CAPTAIN PAUL POLLITT AND F/O BLAKE NECKER INDICATED THAT BOTH HF#1 &       HF# 2 ALONG WITH THE SELECTIVE CALLING SYSTEM WORKED NORMALLY PRIOR T      DISPATCH AT MAUI AIRPORT. FORTY FIVE (45) MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT BOT      THE HF'S AND SELECTIVE CALLING BECAME INOPERATIVE. SOME VHF                TRANSMISSIONS WERE UNREADABLE #1 VHF COM WAS INTERMITTENT. AT              APPROXIMATELY 400 MILES FROM THE COAST THE BOTH HF'S BECAME CLEARER A      THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE US MAIN LAND. THE SELECTIVE CALL REMAINED      INOPERATIVE AND NO CHANGE ON THE VHF TRANSMISSION. I INTERVIEWED           CONTRACT AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MECHANIC MR.ROGER SMITH WHO IS EMPLOYED      BY "CERTIFIED AVIATION SERVICES". MR. SMITH PRESENTED ME WITH SEVERAL      COPIES OF THE AIRCRAFT LOG BOOK PAGES AND EXPLAINED THE CORRECTIVE         ACTION TAKEN BY A NIGHT SHIFT AIRCRAFT MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED THE WOR      THE CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THE BOTH HF'S WERE,"OPS CKECK TEST OK ON         GOUND". ALOHA MAINTENANCE CONTROL ELECTED TO PLACARD THE SELECTED CAL      PER THEIR MEL 23-6. THE CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN FOR THE VHF'S WERE,"O          OPS TEST OK ON GROUND". A VERBAL REPORT WAS GIVEN TO ME THAT THE OUTBOUND FLIGHT CREW ON AIRCRAFT N739AL LEAVING BURBANK REPORTED THAT THE BOTH HF   TRANSMISSION WAS FOUND TO BE OPERATING NORMAL. NO REPORT WAS GIVEN ON THE VTRANSMISSIONS. INFORMED THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPALS AT THE WP13 FSDO: POI ROBEHAMBLIN PMI DAVID HOPSON PAI DENNIS WILHAM BURBANK AIRPORT CITY MANAGER MR.TONY BENAVIDEZ WAS VERY HELPFUL AND MADE MY INVESTIGATION COME TO A        CONCLUSION QUICKER THEN ANTICIPATED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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