Service difficulty report · Radar · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
December 25, 2017
Submitted
December 27, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N590AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35687
Aircraft time
38,086 hours, 11,516 cycles
Part
Radar
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Weather
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

RADAR AUTO MODE, FALSE RETURNS FM 80-200 NM. MANUAL MODE ONE DEGREE UP FOR ACCURATE WEATHER RETURNS. ACFT GROUNDED. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE DEFECT, WEATHER RADAR GROUND VERIFICATION TEST PASSED IAW AMM 34-43-00. LONG RANGE DISPLAY AND FUNCTIONS WHEN COMPARED WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, RETURN TARGETS ARE SIMILAR IN AUTO AND MANUAL MODES.