Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 3, 2020
Submitted
January 7, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N570AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35185
Aircraft time
48,828 hours, 14,476 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Weather Radar
Part time
13,001 hours, 4,281 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

BOTH NAV DISPLAY SHOW PHANTOM RADAR RETURNS AT THE 10:00 AND 02:00 O'CLOCK POSITION. THE PHANTOM DISPLAYS INCREASE IN SIZE AS THE MILEAGE SCALE IS REDUCED. THE PHANTOM DISPLAY SHOWS UP BOTH IN THE AUTO AND MANUAL MODE. THE PHANTOM DISPLAYS FADE AWAY IN THE MANUAL MODE AS THE TILT IS INCREASED AT AND ABOVE +5 DEGREES. (SEA MNT + DISPATCH NOTIFIED VIA ACARS AT 23:14Z). GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED CDS & DEU BITE TESTS, NO FAULTS FOUND. COULD NOT REPLICATE FAULT WITH AIRCRAFT IN HANGAR, WEATHER RADAR PASSES OPERATIONAL CHECK. AS PRECAUTION, REMOVED AND REPLACED WEATHER RADAR RECEIVER TRANSMITTER REF B737-800 AMM TASK 34-43-41-400-801. PERFORMED WXR SYSTEM OPERATIONAL TEST REF AMM TASK 34-43-00-710-802-001. OP CHECKS GOOD. ETOPS GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL.