Service difficulty report · Transceiver · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
August 2, 2012
Submitted
August 27, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N565AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35181
Aircraft time
22,068 hours, 6,837 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27
Part
Transceiver
Part number
6225132633
Part serial
16HL5F
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Wx Radar Sys
Part time
17,284 hours, 6,846 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PWS FAILED APPEARED ON BOTH NDS WITH TOGA, DISAPPEARED AT ROTATION AND THEN REAPPEARED FOR 2000 FT. REAPPEARED WITH LANDING FLAP SELECTION. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED WEATHER RADAR OPS TEST, NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. ON EXAMINING WEATHER RADAR TRANSCEIVER, NOTICED A STICKY WET RESIDUE ON THE CASE AND IT APPEARED TO HAVE DRIPPED DOWN INSIDE AS WELL. REPLACED WEATHER RADAR TRANSCEIVER WITH NEW UNIT. ACCOMPLISHED OPS TEST, ALL OPS NORMAL. REF MM 34-43-41,34-43-00, WDM 34-41-11,34-33-11,34-33-21. ACCOMPLISHED DFCS LRU INTERFACE TEST FOR LRRA, AND HGS SENSOR TEST FOR RAD ALT. ALL TEST PASS.