What was found
SATCOM WILL NOT DISPLAY ON ACARS MENU PAGE IN FLIGHT. SATCOM PROMPT DISPLAYED ON GROUND DURING PRE-FLIGHT BEFORE PUSHING. ACFT GROUNDED. REPLACED AND TESTED IRIDIUM TRANSCEIVER IAW MM 23-15-00. TEST PASSED.
- Difficulty date
- January 6, 2014
- Submitted
- January 9, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N588AS
- Make and model
- Boeing 737890
- Aircraft serial
- 35685
- Aircraft time
- 23,818 hours, 7,337 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2300 · Communications System
- Part
- Transceiver
- Part number
- 8222835002
- Part serial
- 40FP51
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Satcom
- Part time
- 1,426 hours, 398 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.