Service difficulty report · Radar · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 22, 2009
Submitted
June 26, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N564AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35103
Aircraft time
10,640 hours, 3,383 cycles
Part
Radar
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

ALTHOUGH RADAR APPEARED TO OPPERATE NORMALLY IT GENERATED RANDOM SPIKES THAT WERE IDENTICAL ON BOTH DISPLAYS THE RADAR WAS ON FOR MOST OF THE FLT BUT ONLY STARTED SPIKING DURING THE LAST 1.5 HOURS AND ONLY ON RANGES GREATER THEN 40 MILES GROUNDED YES. COULD NOT DUPLICATE. OPS CK NML AND ALL RANGES CK NML, NO HISTORY 60 DAYS.