What was found
RADAR SCREEN FADED AND HARD TO READ. AFTER AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PHL, DISPATCH HAD ACFT RETURN TO FIELD, TO REPAIR RADAR. REMOVED AND REPLACED WEATHER RADAR SYSTEM. OPS CHECKS GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- August 7, 2007
- Submitted
- September 16, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N331EN
- Make and model
- Dhav DHC8311
- Aircraft serial
- 279
- Aircraft time
- 31,861 hours, 35,554 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3442 · Weather Radar System
- Part
- Display
- Part number
- MI5853512RECON
- Part serial
- 1773
- Condition
- Faded
- Location
- Weather Radar
- Part time
- 31,861 hours, 227 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- D
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.