Service difficulty report · Radome · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
May 18, 2001
Submitted
June 5, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N631DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
23612
Aircraft time
46,023 hours, 23,246 cycles
Part
Radome
Part number
141N782013
Part serial
DL44
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED RADAR FAILED AT FL240. ON ARR PBI GROUND CREW NOTICED RADOME UPPER LEFT CRUSHED IN. AN AREA ABOUT THE SIZE OF THREE BASKET BALLS. THE RADOME WAS REPLACED, AND THE RADAR ANTENNA ALSO AS A PRECAUTION. INSPECTED NOSE BULKHEAD AND A/C, NO OTHER DAMAGE FOUND.