Service difficulty report · Transceiver · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 2, 2012
Submitted
April 4, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N533AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35201
Aircraft time
4,744 hours, 1,513 cycles
Part
Transceiver
Part number
8220990004
Part serial
1870GP
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 1 Hf System
Part time
4,729 hours, 1,501 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
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

UNABLE TO READ RADIO ON HF1 CLEARLY, CHECK WAS GOOD HE COULD READ US LOUD AND CLEAR VERY SCRATCHY SWITCHED TO HF2 AND IT WAS CLEAR USED HF FOR DATA NR 1 ON (EEP) SOUNDED BETTER. UNABLE TO CONFORM. GROUND CHECK OPS NORMAL. AS PRECAUTION REPLACED NR 1 HF TRANSCEIVER. REMOVED AND REPLACED PER AMM 23-11-21-000-801 AND INSTALLED PER AMM 23-11-21-400-801. GROUND VERIFICATION CHECKED GOOD. NO HISTORY PAST 60 DAYS