Service difficulty report · Drive Assy · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date
August 10, 2025
Submitted
August 13, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N879BH
Make and model
Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial
65999
Aircraft time
12,252 hours, 1,634 cycles
Part
Drive Assy
Part number
8222131003
Part serial
4NVFP
Condition
Faulty
Location
Zone 100
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.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: GRINDING NOISE HEARD FROM RADOME AREA FOLLOWED BY WEATHER RADARSYS L+R FAULT. DECESION MADE TO RETURN TO PHL, EMERGENCY DECLARED AND AIRCRAFT LANDED OVERWEIGHT WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE NEW RADAR DRIVE UNIT INSTALLED PER AMM B787-A-34-42-03-00A-720-A.

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