Service difficulty report · Coupler · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 3, 2020
Submitted
January 14, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N587AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35684
Aircraft time
46,720 hours, 13,597 cycles
Part
Coupler
Part number
8220987004
Part serial
177726
Condition
Faulted
Location
Hf Antenna
Part time
27,169 hours, 8,728 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

ETOPS VERIFICATION FLIGHT FOR HF1 UNSATISFACTORY- HF1 TESTED WITH SFO RADIO ARINC AND THEY REPORTED THAT OUR TRANSMISSIONS WERE WEAK AND UNREADABLE. TESTED ON MULTIPLE FREQUENCIES. SENSITIVITY WAS SET TO 100- HF1 TUNING TOOK SLIGHTLY LONGER THAN NORMAL AS WELL. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED AND REPLACED HF1 COUPLER REF B737-800 AMM 23-11-61 OP CK GOOD.