Service difficulty report · Coupler · Boeing 7572B7

Difficulty date
October 22, 2010
Submitted
October 25, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N941UW
Make and model
Boeing 7572B7
Aircraft serial
27806
Part
Coupler
Part number
7926140001
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Hf Comm
Part time
100,756 hours
Stage of operation
CR
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

PHX FLT 807 EN-ROUTE PHX TO HNL. THE CREW COULD NOT GET THE AIRCRAFT HF RADIOS TO TRANSMIT OR RECEIVE, REPORTING: "TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION ON R HF AT 5547, 8843 KHZ INOP (OCCASIONAL XMISSIONS ON 5547, WEAK)" AND "TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION ON L HJF AT 5547, 8843 KHZ INOP". MAINTENANCE AND DISPATCH WERE CONSULTED. A CIRCUIT BREAKER RESET ONLY BROUGHT BACK HF RADIO RECEIVING CAPABILITY. THE FLIGHT COULD NOT CONTINUE ETOPS OPERATION, SO IT RETURNED TO PHX. A DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND OVERWEIGHT DUE TO TURBULENCE IN THE AREA. AN EMERGENCY WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DECLARED. TUNING AND RECEIVE FAULTS. REPLACED REAR CONTACT TO FIX UNIT.

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