Service difficulty report · Blower · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 18, 2010
Submitted
June 21, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N563AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35180
Aircraft time
13,968 hours, 4,367 cycles
Part
Blower
Part number
6426512001
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Weather Radar
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

JUST INSIDE SEDAR (OUTSIDE ETOPS AIRSPACE) THE WEATHER RADAR BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY BLANK OUT AND DISPLAY ONLY THE UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT OR THE RIGHT HALF OF DISPLAY FRC 34409031/34409032. CONFIRMED WRX FAULT. FOUND RT BLOWER INOP. REMOVED WRX RT & REPLACED RT BLOWER ASSEMBLY WITH NEW ONE. BLOWER TEST TEST PASS. RE-INSTALLED WXR RT. ACCOMP WXR SYS. OPS TEST, PASS GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL. REF M/M'S34 43 51 400 801 34 43 41 400 801 & 34 43 00 710 802 001.