What was found
BOTH WEATHER RADAR UNITS FAILED. EMERGENCY DECLARED. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. REMOVED AND REPLACED WEATHER RADAR TRANSCEIVER IAW AMM 34-43-01 AND WEATHER RADAR ANTENNA IAW AMM 34-43-05. OPS CHECKED GOOD. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- April 26, 2017
- Submitted
- April 28, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N191AN
- Make and model
- Boeing 757223
- Aircraft serial
- 32385
- Aircraft time
- 56,509 hours, 13,884 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3442 · Weather Radar System
- Part
- Transceiver
- Part number
- 6225132109
- Part serial
- 7024
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Wx Radar
- Part time
- 15,158 hours, 2,652 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.