Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
July 28, 2004
Submitted
August 3, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N649UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
25286
Aircraft time
53,841 hours, 8,709 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Control Panel
Condition
Failed
Location
Wx Radar Sys
Stage of operation
CR
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

FLIGHT DIVERTED DUE TO WX RADAR FAILURE. CREW REPORTED WX RADAR INOP. DOES NOT PAINT AND GREEN ARC ON DISPLAY. ALSO, NO GROUND RETURNS. ( THE GREEN ARC IS A FLAT PLATE ANTENNA ANOMALY THAT DOES NOT AFFECT WX RADAR PERFORMANCE.) MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE WX RADAR CONTROL PANEL AND THE WX RADAR SCANNER. THERE HAVE BEEN NO RECURRING PROBLEMS INVOLVING WX RADAR PERFORMANCE.