Service difficulty report · Control Head · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
September 23, 2009
Submitted
September 28, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N560AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35179
Aircraft time
11,933 hours, 3,770 cycles
Part
Control Head
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 1 Hf Sys
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

IN FLIGHT NR 1 HF RADIO DISPLAYED "FAIL" BOTH CONTROL HEAD WINDOWS DURING ATTEMPTED TX NO SIDE TONE AND A NON COUPLER "BEEP" ON EACH SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS. SWITCHED NR 1 HF TO DATA INTERMITTENT DATA RX/TX FOR ENTIRE FLT. HFDR MAINT PAGES SHOWED NORMAL/NORMAL HFDR/CPLR. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE DEFECT. ACCOMPLISHED SEVERAL GOOD COMMUNICATIONS WITH SFO USING NR 1 HF FREQ 5.547 GOOD SIDE TONE WHILE TUNING AND NO FAIL DISPLAYED ON CONTROL HEAD. NR 1 HF GROUND VERIFICATION TEST PASSED REF MM 23 11 00. NR 1 HF DATA TEST PASSED REF MM 23 27 00. NO HISTORY PAST 90 DAYS SEAMC NOTIFIED.