Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
May 21, 2015
Submitted
May 28, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N518AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35693
Aircraft time
24,516 hours, 7,316 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
8300005604
Part serial
5048B
Condition
Failed
Location
R2 Window
Part time
45,384 hours, 17,570 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

RT SIDE WINDOW HEAT OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT 15,000 FT. SWITCH TURNED OFF BY DIRECTION OF QRH. SWITCH TURNED BACK TO ON. WINDOW HEAT THEN FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. ACFT GROUNDED. REF AMM 30-41, TASK 801, PERFORMED BITE CHECK ON WINDOW HEAT SYS NO FAULTS FOUND. INSPECTED R2 WINDOW HEAT SENSOR NO DEFECTS NOTED. AS PRECAUTIONARY REPLACED R2 WINDOW HEAT CORD AND PERFORMED GROUND OPS CHECK, GROUND VERIFICATION CHECK SUCCESSFUL REF AMM 30-41-00-710-801. OK FOR CONTINUED SERVICE. REMOVED, REPLACED AND TESTED RT SIDE WHCU IAW MM 30-41-11. ACCOMPLISHED WINDOW HEAT SYS OPS TEST IAW MM 30-41-00-710-801. ALL TESTS PASS, ETOPS SIGNIFICANT SYS GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL.