Service difficulty report · Drive Unit · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
October 31, 2019
Submitted
November 1, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N986NN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
31236
Aircraft time
12,278 hours, 4,932 cycles
Part
Drive Unit
Part number
DRI1029
Part serial
445T1L
Condition
Failed
Location
Wx Radar Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: RETURNED TO DFW ON ACCOUNT OF LOW FREQUENCY VIBRATION/RUMBLE AT ALL SPEEDS, APPEARED/FELT TO BE EMANATING FROM FORWARD PORTION OF AIRCRAFT. RUMBLE DID NOT CHANGE WITH POWER CHANGES, GEAR EXTENSION, OR FLAP EXTENSION, RUMBLE CONTINUED, MUCH REDUCED, ON TAXI IN TO GATE. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. FOUND ANTENNA DRIVE UNIT MAKING SEVERE GRINDING NOISE WHILE SWEEPING. REPLACED WXR DRIVE UNIT REF MM 34-43-11, OPS CHECKS GOOD.