Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
August 27, 2012
Submitted
January 28, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N577UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26693
Aircraft time
63,992 hours, 22,594 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Connector
Condition
Corroded
Location
Nr 1 Vhf
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 1 VHF HAS INTERMITTENT SHORT BURSTS OF STATIC. SOME JUST SECONDS APART. REMOVED ANTENNA CONNECTOR WAS VERY CORRODED BUT ANTENNA CABLE AND CONNECTOR CLEANED OK WITH NO CORROSION. TESTED CHF COMM L-C & R PER MM. THEN TESTED ACARS PER MM. C VHF ANTENNA REPLACED BECAUSE STATIC PROBABLY WAS COMING FROM ACARS TRANSMISSION FROM C VHF.