Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
January 11, 2021
Submitted
January 14, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N433AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41704
Aircraft time
27,511 hours, 8,789 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
6225129802
Part serial
40F44K
Condition
Faulted
Location
Wx Radar Sys
Part time
20,501 hours, 7,460 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

BOTH RADAR DISPLAYS SHOWING ERRONEOUS RETURNS AT 9-10 O`CLOCK POSITION. BOTH MANUAL AND AUTO. GROUNDED-YES. PERFORMED RADAR OPERATIONS TEST SAW DIFFERENT PATTERNS ON LEFT AND RT DU'S. NIS WX RT IN SEA. PRECAUTIONARY REPLACED WXCNTL PANEL, REF B737-900 AMM 34-43-39/401. ACCOMPLISHED INSTALL TEST. TEST OPERATIONS NORMAL. IN ADDITION PERFORMED SYS TEST, REF AMM 34-43-00/501. LEFT AND RT WX PATTEERN SHOW SAME. IN MAN OR AUTO.