Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
August 1, 2019
Submitted
August 6, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N433AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41704
Aircraft time
22,774 hours, 7,414 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
6225129802
Part serial
18YHP2
Condition
Failed
Location
Weather Radar
Part time
25,621 hours, 7,601 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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 MULTI-SCAN FUNCTION INOP, NOTHING SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN "AUTO BUTTON PRESSED. MANUAL TILT OPERATES NORMALLY. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED WXR SYSTEM - OPERATIONAL TEST REF B737-900 AMM 34-43-00-710-802-001, TEST FAILS AT STEP D.(8). REMOVED AND REPLACED WEATHER RADAR CONTROL PANEL IAW AMM 34-43-91/401. INSTALLATION TEST SUCCESSFUL, WXR SYSTEM - OPERATIONAL TEST NOW PASSES.