Service difficulty report · Coupler · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 21, 2018
Submitted
January 23, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35681
Aircraft time
39,722 hours, 11,750 cycles
Part
Coupler
Part number
8220987004
Part serial
157936
Condition
Faulty
Location
Hf Comm
Part time
18,646 hours, 5,547 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AT CRUISE, UNABLE TO TRANSMIT ON HF. WHEN PUSH TO TALK SWITCH IN R/T POSITION, NO TRANSMISSION OCCURS WITH TRANSMITTER SELECTOR SWITCH ON HF. GROUNDED - YES. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE DEFECT. ACCOMPLISHED T/S PER B737-800 FIM 23-11 TASK 806 - INITIAL EVALUATION DID NOT CONFIRM FAULT BOTH HF 1 AND HF 2 TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE NORMALLY ON GROUND. DUE TO HISTORY OF 1 HF PROBLEMS, ACCOMPLISHED ENGINEERING REQUEST TSR701324, INCLUDING REPLACEMENT OF 1 HF COUPLER. ACCOMPLISHED HF OPERATIONAL TEST PER AMM 23-11-00-710-801 AND HF SYSTEM TEST PER AMM 23-11-00-730-801 - ALL TESTS PASS.