Service difficulty report · Transceiver · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
September 20, 2021
Submitted
September 21, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N468AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41735
Aircraft time
26,914 hours, 8,649 cycles
Engine
Ge
Part
Transceiver
Part number
8221710312
Part serial
40DGKY
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Lower Nose Compt
Part time
19,764 hours, 8,314 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
V
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

WX RADAR DOES NOT SEEM TO ACCURATELY DEPICT WX IN THE AUTO MODE. IT SEEMS TO BE WAY TOO SENSITIVE AND PAINTS/DEPICTS WX THAT DOES NOT EXIST. GROUNDED - YES. COULD NOT DUPLICATE. CW B737-900 FIM 34-43 TASK 801,802 AND 815. CLEANED AND OP TESTED FAN. OPENED TAGGED ONE CB. REMOVED RT FOUND TRACE DUST/DIRT IN WAVE GUIDE REMOVED TRACE. FOUND RACK EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FULLY ENGAGE RT. ADJUSTED ARINC PLUG IN RACK REMOVED TAG AND RESET CB. INSTALLED NEW RT AND TESTED GOOD REF B737-900 AMM 34-43-00-730-802-001.