Service difficulty report · Transceiver · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
June 14, 2015
Submitted
June 16, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N575AM
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
53152
Aircraft time
68,293 hours, 35,654 cycles
Part
Transceiver
Condition
Defective
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

AIR INTERRUPT, RETURNED, EMER WAS DECLARED. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL & ACFT WAS OVERWEIGHT. CREW REPORTED THAT DURING FLIGHT THE WEATHER RADAR WAS INOPERATIVE, ANTENNA FAILED. REPLACED THE WX RADAR TRANSCEIVER.

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