Service difficulty report · Radio · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
May 16, 2021
Submitted
May 17, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N585AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35683
Aircraft time
50,490 hours, 15,124 cycles
Part
Radio
Condition
Faulted
Location
Nr 1 Hf Comms
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

HF RADIO #1 INTERMITTENTLY NO TRANSMIT. WHEN IT DOES TRANSMIT, TRANSMISSION ARE REPORTED WEAK. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED HF BITE WITH NO FAULTS PER B737-800 FIM 23-11 TASK 801. CONTACTED SAN FRANCISCO HF ARINC WITH HF #2 SUCCESSFULLY. NEGATIVE CONTACT WITH HF #1. SWAPPED HF TRANSCEIVER POSITIONS. FOUND TRANSMIT FUNCTION OK ON BOTH RADIOS. TRANSCEIVERS RETURNED TO ORIGINAL POSITIONS, AGAIN VERIFYING TRANSMISSION IS ABLE TO BE RECEIVED. ETOPS GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL. BITE TESTS OK ON BOTH. OBSERVED CORRECT TUNING TONE AND SIDETONE DURING TRANSMIT OPERATION AT BOTH CAPTAIN AND FO POSITION.