Service difficulty report · Coupler · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
December 30, 2021
Submitted
January 19, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N513AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35192
Aircraft time
47,395 hours, 14,078 cycles
Part
Coupler
Part number
8220987004
Part serial
169188
Condition
Faulty
Location
Vertical Fin
Part time
39,635 hours, 11,843 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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

PER MAINTENANCE REQUEST, HF1 TESTS OK. HF2 WILL NOT TRANSMIT BUT WILL RECEIVE. GROUNDED - YES. FOLLOWED B737-800 FIM 23-11 TASK 806, THROUGH E(3). HF SYSTEMS 1&2 OPERATE CORRECTLY ON GROUND, AIRCRAFT TO AIRCRAFT. DUE TO EXTENSIVE HISTORY, CONTINUED WITH PARAGRAPH (H). METER CHECKS FOR COAX CABLE BETWEEN #2 HF TRANSCEIVER AND #2 HF COUPLER WERE GOOD NO DEFECTS NOTED. REPLACED #1 HF COUPLER PER B737-800 AMM 23-11-61/401. REPLACED THE #2 HF COUPLER PER AMM 23-11-61/401. REPLACED CONNECTOR D625 PRECAUTIONARY PER SWPM 20-51-00. #1 &2 HF OPS NORMAL REF AMM 23-11-00.