Service difficulty report · Coupler · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 9, 2014
Submitted
February 11, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N568AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35183
Aircraft time
26,910 hours, 8,359 cycles
Part
Coupler
Part number
8220987004
Part serial
164270
Condition
Failed
Location
Hf Antenna
Part time
14,930 hours, 4,471 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

AIRBORNE NEITHER HF-1 OR HF-2 WOULD TRANSMIT OR RECEIVE. NO SIDETONE NO OTHER STATION ON FREQ AND NEITHER RADIO WOULD COUPLE. CHECKED BOTH HF1 AND HF2 CB'S BOTH IN. PULLED AND RESET BOTH- NO CHANGE. CHECKED ALL 3 COMM PANELS IN NORMAL. PREFLIGHTED BOTH HF'S ON GROUND USING 10MHZ AND WNV. LOUD AND CLEAR, GOOD SIDETONE WHEN TRANSMITTING. ALL REMAINING RADIOS- VHF1/VHF2, SVC AND FLT INTERPHONE AND PA ALL TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE NORMALLY. HF SENSE AT 100 PERCENT, TRIED MULTIPLE FREQS BOTH CONTROL HEADS NO JOY. ACFT GROUNDED. CYCLED PWR TO BOTH HF SYST. NO HELP REMOVED POWER FROM EACH SYS. ON AT A TIME. NO HELP. BITE TEST BOTH HF R/T'S NR 2 SHOWS NO FAULTS/FAIL NR 1 SHOWS KEY INTERLOCK FAIL. ACCOMP FIM 23-11 NR 804 R & R NR 1 HF COUPLER. REF AMM 23-11-61, PB 400 & NR 1 AND NR 2 HF SYS OPS CK OK.