What was found
WX RADAR SCREEN BECAME FUZZY THEN SMOKE APPEARED TO BE COMING OUT OF THE RADAR UNIT WX RADAR INOP. REPL DISPLAY PER MD88 AMM 34-41. CKS NML. ACCORDING TO THE MCC NOTIFICATION AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. (LP6896530)
- Difficulty date
- February 6, 2020
- Submitted
- February 6, 2020
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N969DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53172
- Aircraft time
- 75,251 hours, 56,186 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3442 · Weather Radar System
- Part
- Transceiver
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Wx Radar
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.