Service difficulty report · Satcom · Boeing 7377BC

Difficulty date
October 15, 2015
Submitted
February 3, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
YGJR580L
Gary Jet Center Inc
Aircraft
N835BA
Make and model
Boeing 7377BC
Aircraft serial
30572
Aircraft time
9,976 hours, 3,365 cycles
Part
Satcom
Part number
8221239151
Part serial
181N42
Condition
Faulted
Part time
9,976 hours, 3,365 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

CREW REPORTED THEY WERE UNABLE TO ESTABLISH A CPDLC CONNECTION. THE CREW NOTED THAT AFTER SENDING A WINDS REQUEST THEY SAW THE MESSAGE, SENDING AND THE DATA LINK GETS STUCK IN THAT STATE. WE HAD THE CREW PULL AND RESET THE CMU 900 CIRCUIT BREAKERS. AFTER THE CMU RESET THE SENDING MESSAGE CLEARED AND CREW WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH ATC NO PROBLEM. WE SUSPECT THAT WITH THE NR 3 VHF IN DATA MODE, WHEN VHF COVERAGE IS LOST THE CMU SWITCHES TO SATCOM. SUSPECT THE CMU LOCKED UP DUE TO A, MEMORY FULL, CONDITION RELATED TO SENDING DATA ON VHF COVERAGE AND THEN TRANSITIONING TO SENDING DATA VIA SATCOM. HAVE CONTACTED MFG OF THE CMU HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO WORK TOWARD A RESOLUTION. TO DATE NO RESOLUTION HAS BEEN PROVIDED. OUR FLIGHT CREWS HAVE BEEN OPERATING THE ACFT BY ONLY TRANSMITTING DATA BY THE SATCOM SYSTEM AND NO FURTHER REPORTS OF CPDLC TRANSMISSION FAULTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. SOFTWARE VERSIONS: CORE, PN 832-9548-007, VM DTA, PN 815-7569-001, AOC DTA 832-9929-100.

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