# SDR 2008UALA03626

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: June 28, 2008
- Submitted: July 15, 2008
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N801UA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N801UA), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A319-131
- Registry model: [Airbus A319-131](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a319-131) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 686
- Aircraft time: 37,777 hours, 14,572 cycles
- Engine: Iae V2522A5
- System (JASC): [3040 · Windshield/Door Rain/Ice Removal](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3040)
- Part: Windshield
- Part number: 141T480149
- Condition: Shorted
- Location: Windshield Heat
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2008UALA03626

## Discrepancy

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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