Service difficulty report · Transceiver · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
July 28, 2017
Submitted
July 31, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N538AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
41188
Aircraft time
20,592 hours, 6,008 cycles
Part
Transceiver
Part number
8222835002
Part serial
40FP4L
Condition
Failed
Location
Satcom
Part time
17,724 hours, 5,159 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
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

SATCOM NOT PROMPTED ON MCDU PERFORMED QRH FOR LOCK-UP. STLL NOT PROMPTED. ACFT GROUNDED. VERIFIED NO PROMPT ON MCDU FOR SAT. REMOVED & REPLACED IRIDIUM TRANSCEIVER IAW AMM 23-15-00-400-801. CHECKED GOOD. SATCOM LINK TEST SUCCESSFUL. OPS NORMAL.