Service difficulty report · Drive Unit · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
March 4, 2021
Submitted
March 9, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N433AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41704
Aircraft time
27,913 hours, 8,915 cycles
Part
Drive Unit
Part number
6225135822
Part serial
40F853
Condition
Faulted
Location
Wx Radar Antenna
Part time
24,970 hours, 7,399 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

RADAR SHOWED FALSE RETURNS IN AUTO MODE ONLY. RETURNS WERE FROM 9 O'CLOCK TO 11 O'CLOCK POSITION 40 TO 80 MILES. GROUNDED - YES. DUE TO HISTORY, REMOVED AND REPLACED WEATHER RADAR ANTENNA DRIVE UNIT REF B737-900 AMM 34-43-11. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST OF WEATHER RADAR SYSTEM REF AMM 34-43-00-710-802-001. OP CHECK GOOD. ETOPS GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL.