Service difficulty report · Radar · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 31, 2003
Submitted
January 2, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N649AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
803
Aircraft time
21,975 hours, 851 cycles
Part
Radar
Part number
6225137601
Part serial
5973
Condition
Bird Strike
Location
Radome
Part time
21,975 hours, 8,516 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ORD - AIR TURNBACK - FLT 0010 - SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AT ORD EN ROUTE FOR PHX A BIRD STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT, LOST WEATHER RADAR AND HAD A LOT OF NOISE COMING FROM AREA. TURNED BACK TO ORD AND LANDED WITHOUT EVENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND DAMAGE TO RADOME AND WEATHER RADAR, REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RADOME IAW AMM 53-15-11, AND REPLACED WEATHER RADAR ANTENNA & DRIVE ASSEMBLY IAW AMM34-41-00, OPERATIONAL CHECK OF RADAR SYSTEM WAS GOOD. PART NAME; RADOME, MFG; AIRBUS, P/N; D5311047700007, S/N; NT1016, TT; 21964, TC; 8516. PART NAME; DRIVE, ANTENNA MOUNT, MFG; ROCKWELL COLLINS, P/N; 622-5136-001, S/N; 1752, TT; 38556, TC; 17676.

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