Service difficulty report · Transceiver · Emb EMB145XR

Difficulty date
August 20, 2011
Submitted
August 23, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N13161
Make and model
Emb EMB145XR
Aircraft serial
14500805
Aircraft time
20,587 hours, 11,199 cycles
Part
Transceiver
Part number
7021450601
Part serial
03024296
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Radar
Part time
22,765 hours, 12,329 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IAH - FLIGHT 2474, THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE RADAR FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO IAH WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RADAR RT, OPERATIONALLY TESTED WITH NO DEFECTS, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

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