Service difficulty report · Coupler · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 13, 2020
Submitted
November 17, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N560AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35179
Aircraft time
52,704 hours, 15,792 cycles
Part
Coupler
Part number
8220987004
Part serial
166985
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Hf Antenna
Part time
40,787 hours, 12,029 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

AFTER TAKEOFF WHILE USING HF1-WE FOUND XMIT FUNCTION ON THAT RADIO DID NOT WORK, WHILE STILL ABLE TO XMIT ON HF2. DF NOTE-BEEP HEARD DURING FREQ CHANGE ON HF1 STILL OCCURRED WHILE PRESSING XMIT ALL BUTTONS, BUT BEEP LASTED AT LEAST 8-10 SECONDS, MUCH LONGER THAN USUAL. GROUNDED-YES. REMOVED AND REPLACED HF NR 1 COUPLER, PER B737-800 AMM 23-11-61. OPERATIONS CHECK NORMAL. ETOPS GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL.