Service difficulty report · Coupler · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 14, 2018
Submitted
April 16, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N516AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
39044
Aircraft time
35,685 hours, 10,861 cycles
Part
Coupler
Part number
8220987004
Part serial
178249
Condition
Failed
Location
Hf Comms
Part time
23,715 hours, 6,966 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

NR 1 AND 2 HF RADIO NO COMM APPROACHING GATEWAY FIX. SEEMED TO BE TUNING, HAD SIDETONE. COULDNT HEAR MUCH STATIC IN AUDIO, SEEMED ABNORMAL. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED FIM 23-11 TASK 801, NR 1 AND 2 HF BITE PASSED. PERFORMED HF COMM SYSTEM TEST IAW FIM 23-11 TASK 806. WHILE SWITCH FREQUENCY HF 1 FAILED. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 1 HF COUPLER IAW AMM 23-11-61. NR 1 AND 2 HF OPS CHECKED NORMAL.