What was found
RADAR ERRATIC & UNRELIABLE, SHOWS DIFFERENT ECHOES WITH EACH SWEEP, FALSE ECHOES. REPLACED WEATHER TRANSCEIVER IAW AMM.
- Difficulty date
- July 29, 2013
- Submitted
- July 31, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N498UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1865
- Aircraft time
- 36,285 hours, 15,838 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 3442 · Weather Radar System
- Part
- Transceiver
- Part number
- 066500080409
- Part serial
- 1163
- Condition
- Faulty
- Location
- Wx Radar
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.