Service difficulty report · Drive Unit · Boeing 737522

Difficulty date
July 9, 2002
Submitted
July 30, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N955UA
Make and model
Boeing 737522
Aircraft serial
26703
Aircraft time
26,349 hours, 16,648 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Part
Drive Unit
Part number
6225125001
Condition
Failed
Location
Weather Radar
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

CREW REPORTED WX RADAR FAILED ON CLIMBOUT. BECAUSE OF ADVERSE WEATHER AHEAD, RETURNED TO FIELD. REPLACED THE WEATHER RADAR COMPUTER AND WEATHER RADAR ANTENNA DRIVE UNIT. THE SHOP FOUND THE WEATHER RADAR ANTENNA DRIVE UNIT TO HAVE A VERIFIED FAILURE WITH THE FLAT SPRINGS WITHIN THE UNIT. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS FOUND WITH THE WEATHER RADAR COMPUTER.