Service difficulty report · Satcom · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
July 28, 2015
Submitted
July 30, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N519AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
36482
Aircraft time
24,899 hours, 7,453 cycles
Part
Satcom
Condition
Malfunctioned
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

WHEN USING SATCOM 1, TRANSMISSION FROM AIRPLANE TO GROUND WORKS AS ADVERTISED BY PRESSING ACP SATCOM 1 PUSH BUTTON, BUT NEITHER PILOT CAN HEAR ON SATCOM 1 UNLESS SATCOM 2 VOLUME IS SELECTED AND TURNED UP. WHEN USING SATCOM 2 GROUND RECEIVER OVER TRANSMISSION BUT NEITHER PILOT COULD HEAR ANY AUDIO. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED SATCOM COMMUNICATION SYS TEST REF AMM 23-15-00. TESTED BOTH SATCOM NR 1 AND NR 2 FROM BOTH CAPT AND F/O 'S POSITION. OUTGOING AND INCOMING TRANSMISSION NORMAL. ETOPS SIGNIFICANT SYS GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL.