Service difficulty report · Coupler · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
September 15, 2016
Submitted
September 23, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N593AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35107
Aircraft time
32,392 hours, 9,927 cycles
Part
Coupler
Part number
8220987004
Part serial
155984
Condition
Failed
Location
Hf Comm
Part time
12,018 hours, 3,530 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

COULD NOT TRANSMIT HF2 FREQUENCIES 6.640 AND 11.342 FROM CAPTAIN'S OR F/O'S RADIO PANEL. ACFT GROUNDED. COULD NOT ISOLATE FAULT TO NR 1 COUPLER BY REMOVING POWER FROM SYS 1 AND TRANSMITTING ON NR 2 PER ENGINEERING NOTE IN PREVIOUS T/S. DUE TO HISTORY REPLACED HF SYS NR 1 COUPLER AND HF TRANSCEIVER IAW AMM 23-11-61/401 AND 23-11-21/401, ETOPS SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL. ALSO DUE TO HISTORY REPLACED HF SYS NR 2 COUPLER AND HF TRANSCEIVER IAW AMM 23-11-61/401 AND 23-11-21/401, ETOPS SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL. THIS CLEARS MEL 23-11A.