Service difficulty report · Transceiver · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 2, 2017
Submitted
April 4, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N518AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35693
Aircraft time
31,523 hours, 9,335 cycles
Part
Transceiver
Part number
8220990004
Part serial
176N26
Condition
Failed
Location
Hf Comm
Part time
31,517 hours, 9,324 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

NR 1 HF UNABLE TO TRANSMIT/RECEIVE. REPORTS 4/5 SIGNAL BUT VOICE TOTALLY GARBLED. WE COULD NOT RECEIVE EITHER ON NR 1HF. NR 2 HF TESTED IN COMPARISON WAS 5/5, OPS NORMAL. TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE SAME GEOGRAPHIC LOCALE. GROUNDED - YES. REF HF SYSTEM/OPS TEST AMM 23-11-00-501. VOICE COMM TESTS ON HF-1 WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, NO TRANSMIT OR RECEIVE CONFIRMED. HF-2 WAS FAINT. BOTH HF 1 AND 2 ATOMIC CLOCK WAS HEARD VIA FREQUENCY 5000 AND NOTHING MORE. REMOVED AND REPLACED HF-1 TRANSCEIVER, REF AMM 23-11-21-000801. VOICE COMM TEST SUCCESSFUL. ESTABLISHED LOUD AND CLEAR TRANSMIT/RECEIVE 2/2, 3/3 WITH SFO. GROUND VERIFICATION CONFIRMED.