What was found
RADAR DOES NOT PAINT RAIN. ONCE YOU'RE WITHIN 10 MILES OF VERY HEAVY RAIN, IT STARTS TO PAINT LIGHT RAIN.
- Difficulty date
- May 16, 2003
- Submitted
- June 16, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N561EH
- Make and model
- Skrsky S61N
- Aircraft serial
- 61471
- Aircraft time
- 23,198 hours
- Engine
- Ge CT58*
- System (JASC)
- 3442 · Weather Radar System
- Part
- Receiver
- Part number
- 40008310103
- Part serial
- 2159
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Wx Radar
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.