Service difficulty report · Drive Unit · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
March 30, 2012
Submitted
March 30, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N33284
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
31635
Aircraft time
27,265 hours, 9,280 cycles
Part
Drive Unit
Part number
6225135202
Part serial
11BVN
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Weather Radar
Part time
27,259 hours, 9,279 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RADAR FAILS CONTINUOUSLY WITH "WXR FAIL"ICON, ON DISPLAY WITH RADAR OFF ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH "PWS FAIL "INTERMITTENT. NOTE RADAR TEST OK EVERYTIME WITH NO FAULTS. REPLACED UNIT DRIVE PEDESTAL AND TRANSCEIVER WX RADAR REF M/M 3 4-43-11-400-802 AND 34-43-11-000-801 TRANCEIVER M/M REF 34-43- 41-000-801 AND 34-43-41-400-801. OPS TEST OK. ROTABLE PARTS CHANGE WAS INDICATED - TT # 1458712 SN OFF 00011 TT # 1492026 SN OFF 09265 IPC REFERENCE # IPC REFERENCE # UNIT, DRIVE PED OFF 29-3443-9-0003 8811 ON 29-3443-9-0003 4741 TRANSCEIVER, WX OFF 29-3443-9-0006 9265 ON 29-3443-9-0006 9236.