Service difficulty report · Transceiver · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 15, 2015
Submitted
April 17, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N586AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35189
Aircraft time
28,899 hours, 8,929 cycles
Part
Transceiver
Part number
8220990004
Part serial
16L4GY
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1 Hf
Part time
28,252 hours, 8,456 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.

What was found

NR 1 HF INCOMING COMMS GARBLED AND UNREADABLE. OUTGOING TRANSMISSIONS WORK FINE. TRIED TUNING & DETUNING SEVERAL FREQUENCIES WITH NO CHANGE. PREFLIGHT HF NR 1 CHECK HAD ALL COMMS NORMAL. HF NR 2 WORKS PERFECTLY. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED AND INSTALLED NR 1 HF TRANSCEIVER IAW MM 23-11-21. SYSTEM OPS CHECKED NORMAL. RADIO RECEPTION WAS 5 BY 5.