Service difficulty report · Pedestal · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
May 2, 2020
Submitted
May 7, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N631FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48454
Aircraft time
104,003 hours, 20,737 cycles
Part
Pedestal
Part number
6225136201
Part serial
752M
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Weather Radar
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB OUT RECEIVED "WEATHER FAIL" ALERT. SWITCHED TO SYSTEM 1 AND AFTER APPROXYMATELY 3 MINUTES RECEIVED "WEATHER FAIL" ALERT FOR SECOND WEATHER SYSTEM. SYSTEM 2 WOULD NOT COME BACK. SYSTEM 1 INTERMITTINGLY COME BACK, THEN FAILED AGAIN. ON APPROACH WE HEARD LOUD THUNKS COMING FROM THE NOSE CONE AREA. REPLACED WEATHER RADER ANTENA PEDESTAL (MOUNT) AND BOTH WEATHER RADER OPS TEST OK PER MM 31-41-07-4.

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