Service difficulty report · Coupler · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
February 18, 2020
Submitted
April 6, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N471AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41703
Aircraft time
21,356 hours, 6,841 cycles
Part
Coupler
Part number
8220987004
Part serial
163217
Condition
Defective
Location
Hf Antenna
Part time
39,134 hours, 12,230 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 RADIO DOES NOT TRANSMIT, IT DOES RECEIVE. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED AND REPLACED #1 HF ANTENNA COUPLER REF B737-900 AMM 23-11-61-400-801. #1 HF SYSTEM OPERATIONAL TEST AND SYSTEMS TEST OP GOOD, REF AMM 23-11-00-730-801 AND 23-11-00-710-801. THIS CLEARS MEL 23-11A.