Service difficulty report · Transceiver · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
November 9, 2011
Submitted
December 2, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N412UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
465
Aircraft time
60,487 hours, 21,990 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Transceiver
Part number
066500080409
Part serial
1019
Condition
Faulty
Location
Weather Radar
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WX RADAR FAILURE, RTFL WX RADAR INOP: CAPTS SCREEN PAINTS RED AND F-O SCREEN PAINTS PURPLE. ATTEMPTED RESET IN FLIGHT AND NO HELP. DEBRIEFED CREW. PWR SYSTEM UP GOT RT FAIL MESSAGE ON BOTH SCREENS. REPLACE WX TRANSCEIVER IAW AMM. OPS CHECK'D NORMAL. BITE CHECKED GPWS SYSTEM, ALSO NO FAULTS.

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