Service difficulty report · Radar · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
July 21, 2017
Submitted
July 24, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N457AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
36355
Aircraft time
13,876 hours, 4,589 cycles
Part
Radar
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Wx System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE AT FL370 WITH NO VISIBLE WEATHER, WX RADAR SHOWING TWO NARROW BANDS OF WEATHER FROM CTR OF DISPLAY TO EDGE OF DISPLAY AT ALL RANGES. SAME PATTERN IN AUTO & MANUAL. WITH CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY AHEAD OF AIRPLANE LATER IN FLIGHT, NO RETURN DISPLAYED. AFTER APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR, APPEARS TO BE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. ACFT GROUNDED. WX RADAR TESTED GOOD IAW FIM 34-43, TASK 801.