SDR 2008UALA03626

Service difficulty report · Windshield · Airbus A319131

Difficulty date: June 28, 2008
Submitted: July 15, 2008
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N801UA
Make and model: Airbus A319131
Aircraft serial: 686
Aircraft time: 37,777 hours, 14,572 cycles
Engine: Iae V2522A5
System (JASC): 3040 · Windshield/Door Rain/Ice Removal
Part: Windshield
Part number: 141T480149
Condition: Shorted
Location: Windshield Heat
Stage of operation: CR
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: B
Precautionary procedure: A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ODOR IN COCKPIT, FLIGHT DIVERTED. *S/D* FOUND WHC2 HAD OVERHEATED. REMOVED COVER AND FOUND CHARRED RESISTORS, THIS CAUSED BY AN INTERNAL SHORT WITHIN THE RT (F/O) WINDSHIELD. REPLACED WHC2, AND AND F/O WINDSHIELD, ALL OPS CHECKS NORMAL.

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