Service difficulty report · Antenna · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
October 10, 2012
Submitted
October 12, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N576SW
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120345
Aircraft time
29,212 hours, 40,032 cycles
Part
Antenna
Condition
Defective
Location
Weather Radar
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

A STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELL. THE RADAR WAS NOT WORKING, CIRCUIT BREAKER NEVER POPPED AND THEN THE "115 VAC BUS OFF" ON THE EMERGENCY INVERTER 2 TRIPPED. (FLT 7799) REPLACED WEATHER RADAR ANTENNA AND REPLACED FLIGHT MAX DISPLAY UNIT IN REFERENCE TO AMM. P/N: 622-2504-001 S/N OFF: 2166; P/N: D98-00001-58-G S/N OFF: 1571.

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