Service difficulty report · Heater · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
January 17, 2025
Submitted
January 20, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N244JX
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145331
Aircraft time
38,827 hours, 32,803 cycles
Part
Heater
Condition
Faulted
Location
Windshield
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED-AFTER TAKEOFF AT KHPN UPON REACHING 8000FT, THE RIGHT WINDSHIELD WIPER STARTED TO SLOWLY MOVE AND ROTATE ON ITS OWN WHILE THE CONTROLS WERE IN THE OFF POSITION. TO ATTEMPT TO RESET THE WIPER, WE ACTIVATED EACH OF THE WIPER CONTROL SETTINGS SWITCHING FROM LOW TO HIGH TO TIMER. THE WIPER DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR CONTROLS AND CONTINUED TO SLOWLY MOVE ON ITS OWN. DUE TO THE WIPER SPEED RESTRICTIONS WE DECIDED TO AIR RETURN BACK TO HPN. CORR ACTION MX PERFORMED WIPER CB RESET AND OPS CHECK WITH THE CREW OPS CHECK NORMAL. NO PREVIOUS HISTORY.

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