Service difficulty report · Drive Unit · Boeing 737900ER

Difficulty date
October 7, 2018
Submitted
October 11, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N408AS
Make and model
Boeing 737900ER
Aircraft serial
41732
Aircraft time
23,133 hours, 7,585 cycles
Part
Drive Unit
Part number
6225135822
Part serial
40CF60
Condition
Faulty
Location
Weather Radar
Part time
22,177 hours, 6,531 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

WEATHER RADAR UNUSABLE IN AUTO TILT SHOWS TOO MUCH RED WHICH SEEMS TO BE EXCESSIVE CLUTTER. MANUAL TILT IS BETTER BUT STILL LOTS OF CLUTTER SYS TEST NORMAL. GROUND CLUTTER SUPPRESSION BUTTON DOES NOT STAY IN WHEN SELECTED GC. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED AND REPLACED WEATHER RADAR DRIVE UNIT REF AMM 34-43-11. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST OF WEATHER RADAR SYSTEM REF AMM 34-43-00-710-802-001, ETOPS GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL.

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