Service difficulty report · Antenna · Boeing 7478F

Difficulty date
October 10, 2020
Submitted
October 12, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N613UP
Make and model
Boeing 7478F
Aircraft serial
64259
Aircraft time
7,697 hours, 1,106 cycles
Part
Antenna
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Hf Comms
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

INSPECTION TYPE: NA ATB, NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. HF LEFT, CAN DIAL IN ANY FREQUENCY, BUT AUDIO STUCK ON 5000 CLOCK FREQUENCY. UNABLE TO TONE/TRANSMIT ANY TRANSMIT ANY TRANSMITTER, PREFLIGHT OK. ALSO LOST HF DATA. RT HF CAN ENTER ANY FREQUENCY. UNABLE TO TUNE OR RECEIVE AUDIO. HF DATA OK. DURING SATCOM CALL TO FLIGHT CONTROL, LINK DISCONNECTED. UNABLE TO RE-ESTABLISH CALL "NOT READ MSG". R& R LT & RT HF ANTENNA COUPLER, REF AMM 23-11-03. OPERATIONS CHECK GOOD. PERFORMED SDU SOFTWARE CHECK. SOFTWARE CORRECT, PER AMM 23-25-10. PERFORMED SATCOM SYSTEM TEST, PER AMM 23-25-00. ALL TESTS PASSED. NO DEFECTS NOTED A/C OK FOR SERVICE.

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