Service difficulty report · Radome · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
May 16, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N645DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
24216
Part
Radome
Condition
Broken
Location
Fwd Fuselage
Component
141N782013
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ON CLIMBOUT ABOUT 13,000 FT, HEARD TWO LOUD BANGING NOISE FOLLOWED BY LOUD AIR NOISE IN NOSE GEAR AREA. FOUND RADOME AND RADAR ANTENNA DAMAGED. MAINT IN PROGRESS.