Service difficulty report · Transceiver · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
February 27, 2013
Submitted
April 8, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N589UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28707
Aircraft time
60,078 hours, 16,809 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Transceiver
Part number
6225272120
Part serial
98
Condition
Faulty
Location
Hf Comm
Stage of operation
CL
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

LEFT HF RADIO FAULTY, FLIGHT DIVERTED. AIRBORNE CLIMBING THROUGH FL190 LEFT HF RADIO TOOK 17 SECONDS TO AUTOTUNE AND WOULD NOT TSMT. REPLACED LEFT TRANSCEIVER AND CALLED SFO ON 6.640 KHZ, OPS CHECK OK. COUPLER TUNED IN 11 SECONDS. ALL WITHIN TOLERANCE OF AMM. DUE TO PREVIOUS GRIPES TOMC REQUEST LEFT HF COUPLER REPLACEMENT. REPLACED LEFT HF COUPLER PER MM, LEFT HF OPS CHECK TEST GOOD.