Service difficulty report · Antenna · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date
January 22, 2018
Submitted
February 16, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N961AM
Make and model
Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial
35306
Aircraft time
19,727 hours, 2,720 cycles
Part
Antenna
Condition
Damaged
Location
Radio Altimeter
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING TRANSIT CHECK, DETECTED BOTH RADIO ALTIMETERS WITH FAILURE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED FIM DMC-B787-A-25-34-33-02-00A-520A-A PROCEDURE, CONFIRMING THE FAILURE. BOTH L AND LRRA ANTENNAS WERE REPLACED AND THE OPERATIONAL TEST AND PERFORMANCE RUN TEST WITH BOTH ENGINES WERE PERFORMED IAW AMM DMC-B787-A-25-34-33-02-00A-520A-A AND DMC-B787-A-34-33-02-00A-720A-A, ALL TESTED CORRECT.

More about the Boeing 787-8