Service difficulty report · Radio · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
July 8, 2013
Submitted
July 10, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N568AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35183
Aircraft time
24,835 hours, 7,721 cycles
Part
Radio
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Hf 1
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

NR 1 HF RADIO AUDIO GARBLED, UNINTELLIGIBLE. SWITCHED TO HF 2 AND ON SAME FREQUENCIES THAT HAD BEEN IN USE ON HF 1, NORMAL COMMUNICATION QUALITY RESUMED. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED HF COMMUNICATION SYS BITE PROCEDURE REF FIM 23-11/801, OPS CHECKED GOOD. GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL REF FIM 23-11/806 HF COMMUNICATION SYS RECEIVE/TRANSMIT PROBLEM FAULT ISOLATION.