Service difficulty report · Tuning Unit · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
April 24, 2022
Submitted
April 26, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N494AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41729
Aircraft time
22,730 hours, 7,007 cycles
Part
Tuning Unit
Part number
G7404124
Part serial
18805
Condition
Faulty
Location
Flight Deck
Part time
22,722 hours, 7,005 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

HF #1 RADIO INTERMITTENTLY + AUTOMATICALLY CHANGES THE " ACTIVE" FREQ FROM WHAT WAS MANUALLY SET(8843) TO 3254 WITH NO PILOT INPUT. HF#1 CONFIRMED TO WORK FINE + SELCAL FINE WHEN TESTED BUT KEEPS CHANGING THE ACTIVE FREQ FROM WHAT IS SET TO "3254" ON ITS OWN ABOUT EVERY 20 MINUTES OR SO. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED B737-900 FIM FOR HF TRANSCEIVER PER 23-11 NO FAULTS FOUND. REMOVED AND REPLACED TUNING PANEL PER B737-900 AMM 23-12-41. PERFORMED HF & VHF CALLS. OPS CHECK GOOD. NO AUTOMATIC FREQ CHANGES AFTER 20 MIN.