Service difficulty report · Heater · Boeing 767200

Difficulty date
June 5, 2005
Submitted
June 8, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N421AV
Make and model
Boeing 767200
Aircraft serial
25421
Aircraft time
51,423 hours, 11,246 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Heater
Condition
Defective
Location
Window
Component
Window
Component part number
141T480149
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

ELECTRICAL SMOKE OF UNKNOW ORIGIN FROM THE CAPTAIN'S SIDE, BETWEEN THE LIGHT CONTROL PANEL AND THE GLARESHIELD PANEL, ACCORDING TO THE ABNORMAL CHECKLIST THE RECIRCULATION FANS AND THE UTILITY BUSES WERE SWITCHED OFF AND THE EQUIPMENT COOLING SELECTOR WAS SELECTED TO STANDBY POSITION, NO HELP THE SMOKE CONTINUES. SMOKE AND OXYGEN MASKS WERE USED. INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED, AND IT WAS FOUND A WINDOW NEAR CONNECTOR BURN AND BROKEN (IT WAS THE SMOKE SOURCE). THE CONNECTOR WAS ISOLATED ACCORDING TO MEL 30-41-1 CAT C. THE L FWD WINDOW WAS REPLACED, AND THE J5 PLUG WAS REPLACED TOO.

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