Service difficulty report · Transceiver · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
January 5, 2019
Submitted
January 8, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N486AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
44107
Aircraft time
13,317 hours, 4,419 cycles
Part
Transceiver
Part number
8220990004
Part serial
176R86
Condition
Defective
Location
E&E Bay
Part time
38,072 hours, 11,564 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
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

HF 1 TOO QUIET TO UNDERSTAND SFO. NO STATIC HEARD. HF 2 OPS NORMAL. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED AND REPLACED HF 1 TRANSCEIVER IAW AMM 23-11-21-000-801 AND 23-11-21-400-801, OPS CHECK GOOD. THE AUDIO WAS NOTICEABLY LOWER WITH HF1, HAD SENSITIVITY FOR NR 1 AND 2 SET THE SAME. AFTER LRU CHANGE BOTH SYSTEM AUDIO'S WERE THE SAME.