Service difficulty report · Radar · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
May 5, 2024
Submitted
May 6, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N804AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1043
Aircraft time
76,066 hours, 35,583 cycles
Part
Radar
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Wx Sys
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED INBOUND INTO DCA DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING THAT ENROUTE INTO DCA DURING IMC CONDITIONS AT FL040 NEAR VAAL I INTERSECTION, THE WEATHER RADAR BECAME INTERMITTENT AND THEN UNUSABLE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT DCA WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE RESET THE WEATHER RADAR CIRCUIT BREAKER AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE WEATHER RADAR SYSTEM PER AMM 34-41-00 WITH NO ISSUES NOTED.

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