Service difficulty report · Transceiver · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
July 10, 2010
Submitted
July 13, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583MD
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
49659
Aircraft time
51,448 hours, 36,603 cycles
Part
Transceiver
Part number
20412170413
Part serial
1847
Condition
Faulty
Location
Weather Radar
Part time
9,613 hours, 5,792 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED DUE TO DURING CLIMB, THE RADAR MONITOR IMAGE DISAPPEARED, INDICATING "ANT FAULT". MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACED AND TESTED THE WEATHER RADAR ANT AND RECEIVER TRANSMITTER IAW MM 34-41-01/-04 AND MM 34-41-00, ALL CORRECT. THE OVERWEIGHT INSPECTION WAS NOT NECESSARY DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH 135,000 POUNDS AND THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LANDING WEIGHT IS 139,500 POUNDS.

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