Service difficulty report · Satcom · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
July 12, 2013
Submitted
July 16, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N559AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35178
Aircraft time
25,469 hours, 7,676 cycles
Part
Satcom
Condition
Unknown
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
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

NO SATCOM PROMPT ON FMC AND NR 1 SAT BUTTON ILLUMINATED BLUE. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF SATCOM SYS REF AMM 23-13-00-730-801 AND NO DEFECTS NOTED. TRANSFERRED POWER FROM GROUND POWER TO APU POWER SAT COMPUTER RESTARTS AFTER 40-50 SECONDS AND SAT PROMPT RETURNS. SATCOM RE BOOTS NORMALLY AFTER POWER INTERRUPTION.