Service difficulty report · Radar · Boeing 757351

Difficulty date
July 7, 2011
Submitted
July 8, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N582NW
Make and model
Boeing 757351
Aircraft serial
32981
Aircraft time
32,608 hours, 10,524 cycles
Part
Radar
Condition
Faulty
Location
Weather Radar
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

ON CLIMBOUT FROM MCO CREW REPORTED FUMES IN CABIN, THE RADAR WAS SPOKING, AND POSSIBLE RADOME ARCING. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MCO. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE WEATHER RADAR ANTENNA AND TRANSCEIVER. RADAR OPERATION CHECKED NORMAL. RAN APU AND ENGINES WITH NO FUMES NOTED. ETOPS CATEGORY 'B': DIVERSION OR TURNBACK