Service difficulty report · Rmu · Emb EMB135KL

Difficulty date
November 28, 2012
Submitted
December 3, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N297SK
Make and model
Emb EMB135KL
Aircraft serial
145522
Aircraft time
28,548 hours, 24,716 cycles
Engine
Rroyce AE3007A13
Engine time
26,012 hours, 23,887 cycles
Part
Rmu
Part number
7013270965
Part serial
01113545
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Comm Sys
Part time
25,890 hours, 21,408 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

CREW REPORTED THAT RADIO MANAGEMENT UNIT NUMBER 2 WAS FROZEN AND WOULD NOT TUNE TO ANY FREQUENCY AND THAT RADIO MANAGEMENT UNIT NUMBER 1 WOULD REVERT TO A PREVIOUS FREQUENCY APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS AFTER IT WAS SET. THE CREW RETURNED TO FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RADIO MANAGEMENT UNIT NUMBER AND RE-RACKED THE RADIO MANAGEMENT UNIT NUMBER 1, OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.

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