What was found
TEST SELECTOR SWITCH ON RADAR PANEL IS BROKEN. IT WOULD NOT POP BACK UP TO ALLOW RADAR TO TURN ON. ACFT GROUNDED. R & R WX RADAR CNTL PANEL OPS NORMAL REF MM 34-43-91.
- Difficulty date
- April 9, 2014
- Submitted
- April 15, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N408AS
- Make and model
- Boeing 737990ER
- Aircraft serial
- 41732
- Aircraft time
- 5,231 hours, 1,672 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3442 · Weather Radar System
- Part
- Switch
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Wx Radar Panel
- Part time
- 2,123 hours, 693 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.