# SDR UIEA2012043000173

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 28, 2012
- Submitted: May 1, 2012
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N640GT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N640GT), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 767-3S1
- Registry model: [Boeing 767-3S1](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-3s1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 25221
- Aircraft time: 68,815 hours, 14,545 cycles
- System (JASC): [3442 · Weather Radar System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3442)
- Part: Radar
- Condition: Intermittent
- Location: Wx System
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/UIEA2012043000173

## Discrepancy

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)

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