Service difficulty report · Antenna · Boeing 757256

Difficulty date
March 20, 2015
Submitted
March 21, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801DM
Make and model
Boeing 757256
Aircraft serial
26240
Aircraft time
20,041 hours, 13,083 cycles
Part
Antenna
Part number
S671575133
Part serial
13566
Condition
Deteriorated
Location
Gps
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

RIGHT GPS POSITION NOT INDICATING ON POSITION REFERENCE PAGE OF FMC. LEFT GPS POSITION INTERMITTENTLY INDICATING POSITION. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND MULTI MODE RECEIVERS OPERATING NORMALLY DURING BITE PROCEDURE AS INDICATED IN BOEING FAULT ISOLATION MANUAL (FIM). UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION NOT NOTED IN AMM OR FIM FOUND RIGHT GPS ANTENNA OUT OF TOLERANCE WHEN OHM CHECKED. LEFT GPS ANTENNA WAS ALSO CHECKED FOR TOLERANCE AND FOUND DEGRADED WHEN OHM CHECKED. BOTH ANTENNAS WERE INSTALLED IN 2006 AND WERE NEW AT THE TIME WITH SEQUENTIAL SERIAL NUMBERS. BOTH ANTENNAS WERE REPLACED AND SYSTEM CHECKS OPERATIONAL WITH NO FAULTS AT THIS TIME.