Service difficulty report · Warning Light · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
December 6, 2017
Submitted
December 11, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N419AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41734
Aircraft time
18,797 hours, 6,189 cycles
Part
Warning Light
Condition
False Activation
Location
Window Overheat
Part time
15,632 hours, 5,169 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

R1 WINDOW OVERHEAT ILLUMINATED AFTER START. RAN QRH PROCEDURES. IT EXTINGUISHED. DURING FLIGHT IT OVERHEATED AGAIN. WE RAN THE SAME PROCEDURES AND IT AGAIN EXTINGUISHED. GROUNDED - YES. VERBAL FROM CREW THE OVERHEAT HAPPENED 3 TIMES (SIG) COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE OVERHEAT CONDITION HOWEVER, R1 WINDOW ONLY HEATS TO 84 DEGREES. TRIED SPARE SENSOR BUT R1 WINDOW THROWS AN OVERHEAT LIGHT IMMEDIATELY AFTER TURNING ON. WHCU FAULT HISTORY SHOWS SEVERAL SENSOR FAULTS. TRIED NEW WHCU, NO HELP. REINSTALLED ORIGINAL WHCU. (SIG) REMOVED R1 WINDOW REF B737-900 AMM 56-11-11-000-801. INSTALLED NEW R1 WINDSHIELD REF AMM 56-11-11-400-801. WINDOW AIR OUTLET VALVE TEST COMPLETED PER AMM 56-11-710 WINDOW SYSTEM TEST COMPLETED PER AMM 30-41-00.