Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
December 30, 2017
Submitted
January 2, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N590AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35687
Aircraft time
38,131 hours, 11,527 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
6225129802
Part serial
18YHP2
Condition
Faulted
Location
Wx Radar Sys
Part time
19,922 hours, 5,810 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT CONFIGURED FOR LANDING, SPEED 150 KTS, A RUMBLE AND VIBRATION FELT BY BOTH PILOTS FOLLOWED BY PWS FAIL ON BOTH DISPLAYS. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED A WEATHER RADAR SYSTEM BITEIAW FIM 34-43 TASK 801. WEATHER RADAR SYSTEM OPS TESTED IAW AMM 34-43-00-710-802-001, PWS PROBLEM IAW FIM 34-43 TASK 815. NO FAULTS NOTED OR DUPLICATED. NO VIBRATIONS FELT, OTHER THAN THE DRIVE UNIT OPERATION. R/T GVI SHOWS NO ISSUES, COOLING FAN CLEANED. DRIVE UNIT, R/T PREVIOUSLY CHANGED IAW FIM 34-43 TASK 815 STEP F (3), SUBTASK (E) FOR KNOWN PWS FAIL MESSAGES ON TAKEOFF AND APPROACH. OPS TESTED NORMAL. FOUND THE WEATHER PANEL TEST BUTTON STICKY. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE WEATHER RADAR CONTROL PANEL IAW AMM 34-43-91. OPS TESTED NORMAL.