Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
July 5, 2017
Submitted
July 7, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N461AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
36363
Aircraft time
13,181 hours, 4,324 cycles
Part
Wire
Part number
ABC57021
Condition
Out Of Limits
Location
Window Heat
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

LEFT SIDE WINDOW HEAT OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED LEFT SIDE WHCU BITE IAW FIM 30-41, TASK 801. FAULT HISTORY LAST THREE REGISTERS SHOW SENSOR FAULTS. IAW FIM 30-41, TASK 811, & AMM 30-41-11. MEASURED LEFT SIDE TEMP SENSOR FROM D1046A. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS AT 2.5K OHMS. MEASURED PRIMARY & SPARE TEMP SENSORS AT THE WINDOW AND FOUND RESISTANCE VALUES WITHIN ACCEPTABLE RANGE. FOUND THAT MANIPULATING COIL CORD CAUSES RESISTANCE OF TEMP SENSOR TO VARY WILDLY WHILE MEASURING FROM RACK. REPLACED COIL CORD IAW AMM 30-41-00. TEMP SENSOR RESISTANCE NOW WITHIN RANGE FROM D1046A. WHCU BITE OPS NORMAL. WINDOW HEAT OPS NORMAL IAW AMM 30-41-00.