Service difficulty report · Transceiver · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
March 21, 2012
Submitted
April 20, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N401UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
435
Aircraft time
59,857 hours, 22,359 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Transceiver
Part serial
4612
Condition
Faulty
Location
Vhf Comm
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

NR 1 RADIO TRANSMIT BROKEN-UNINTELLIGIBLE MULTIPLE FREQS AND MICS. NEEDS VHF TRANSCEIVER. SWAPPED POSITION 2 WITH POSITION 3, NOW VHF-1 NORMAL. VHF-2 S-N 3393, VHF-3 S-N 3623, VHF-1 S-N 4612. VHF FAULT SEEMS TO BE VOICE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM ONLY, ACARS DATA FUNCTIONS ARE OPERATING NORMAL AT THIS TIME. ANY FUNCTION THAT CAN BE USED, MAY BE USED.

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