Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
January 20, 2011
Submitted
January 21, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N670UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
29240
Aircraft time
40,886 hours, 10,798 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Connector
Condition
Dirty
Location
Vhf System
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.

What was found

NR 2 VHF NO TRANSMITT. NEW ANTENNA ON HAND. BOTH NEW AND OLD ANTENNA CHECK GOOD. STILL NO HELP. WE ARE NOW CHECKING THE COAX & WILL CONTINUE THE TROUBLESHOOTING. REPLACED RT TRANSCEIVER, NO HELP. INSTALLED OLD UNIT. ANTENNA REMOVED. FOUND CONNECTOR D06251P LOOSE AND DIRTY, CLEANED AND SECURED CONNECTOR WDM. ACP VHF SYS TEST IAW MM. TEST PASSED NR2 VHF TRANSMIT & RECEIVE NORMAL. REINSTALLED ANTENNA.