What was found
LEFT WEATHER RADAR FAILED INTERMITTENTLY, RESULTING IN A STATUS MESSAGE AND WHEN RADAR RT SYS SELECTED, GRINDING NOISE HEARD FROM RADOME AREA ON APPROX 20 SECOND INTERVALS. DID NOT CORRESPOND WITH SWEEP. (ACFT IN "A" CHECK)
- Difficulty date
- April 28, 2012
- Submitted
- May 1, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N640GT
- Make and model
- Boeing 7673S1
- Aircraft serial
- 25221
- Aircraft time
- 68,815 hours, 14,545 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3442 · Weather Radar System
- Part
- Radar
- Condition
- Intermittent
- Location
- Wx System
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.