Service difficulty report · Hf Comm · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
September 26, 2022
Submitted
September 28, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N565AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35181
Aircraft time
57,993 hours, 17,251 cycles
Part
Hf Comm
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Faulty
Location
Unknown
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

#1 HF KEEPS CHANGING FREQUENCIES TO 9554 EVERY 10 MINUTES. RADIO APPEARS TO WORK BUT WILL NOT STAY ON FREQUENCY FOR LONG PERIODS. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED BITE TEST, NO FAULTS NOTED. PERFORMED OPS TEST HF1 AUTOTUNES TO 9554 EVERY 5 MINUTES. SWAPPED HF1 AND HF2 TRANSCEIVERS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. PERFORMED BITE TEST ON BOTH TRANSCEIVERS. NO FAULTS NOTED. PERFORMED OPS TEST AND PERFORMED SYSTEM TESTS. TEST GOOD. NO AUTO TUNES FROM EITHER TRANSCEIVERS TO 9554. SWAPPED BOTH TRANSCEIVERS TO ORIGINAL POSITION. BOTH TRANSCEIVERS BITE TEST GOOD. PERFORMED HF1 COM OPS TEST. TEST GOOD AND HF1 SYSTEM TEST GOOD. HF1 NO LONGER AUTO TUNES IAW B737-800 AMM 23-11-21/401, AND 23-11-00/501, B737-800 FIM TASK 23-11-801.