Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
June 13, 2007
Submitted
June 15, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N537UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25157
Aircraft time
53,104 hours, 19,515 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Transmitter
Condition
Failed
Location
Weather Radar
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

RTFL DUE TO LOSS OF WEATHER RADAR AND EN ROUTE THUNDERSTORMS. [08-07-07] ERRATIC WX RADAR RETURNS AT VARIOUS RANGES FROM 80, 40 AND 20 MI RANGES, FALSE RETURNS ARE DEPICTED AT AROUND THE 11'O'CLOCK AND 12'O-CLOCK, REPLACED WX RADAR TRANSMITTER.