Service difficulty report · Coupler · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
December 24, 2011
Submitted
December 27, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N506AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35690
Aircraft time
13,297 hours, 4,320 cycles
Part
Coupler
Part number
8820987004
Part serial
177726
Condition
Faulty
Location
Hf Comm
Part time
432 hours, 121 cycles
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

40 MIN INTO FLT AFTER ENTERING CLASS II NAV BUT PRIOR TO ETOPS AIRSPACE MADE POSITION REPORT NORMALLY ON HF1 RECEIVED SELCAL CHECK BUT COULD NOT RESPOND TO ATC. DISCOVERED THAT WE COULD NOT TRANSMIT ON HF OR VHF COMMS 1 OR 2 USING BOOM MIC OR HANDHELD MIC AT EITHER PILOT STATION. RECEVIED TRANSMISSIONS ON HF AND VHF AND FLIGHT INTERPHONE NORMALLY. AFTER 2 MINUTES ALL OPERATIONS RETURNED TO NORMAL FOR REMAINDER OF FLIGHT. FOUND NR 1 HF TO BE THE PROBLEM ON NR 1 HF AND NR 2 HF NR 1 HF SIDE. REPLACED NR 1 HF COUPLER. REF 23 11 61. PERFORMED OPS CK OF NR 1 HF PER 23 11 00. ON LEFT NR 1 HF AND RT SIDE NR 1 HF SYSTEM. VERIFIED NR 2 HF ON LEFT AND RT SIDE IS WORKING NML. REF 23 11 00.