Service difficulty report · Heating Element · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
June 9, 2018
Submitted
June 11, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N468AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41735
Aircraft time
15,753 hours, 5,246 cycles
Part
Heating Element
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Windshield
Part time
15,753 hours, 5,246 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
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

AT THE GATE, THE LEFT FWD WINDOW OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOLLOW QRH CHECKLIST AND LIGHT REILLUMINATED AFTER WAITING 3 MINUTES. ACFT GROUNDED. FRONT LEFT WINDOW HEAT CONTROLLER SHOWS SENSOR FAULT. SELECTED SENSOR SWITCH TO SPARE ALSO SHOWS SENSOR FAULT. TRIED WHCU NO HELP, IAW AMM 40-41-11. RANG SENSORS FROM LT WHCU D1044A PIN 13 T 26. RING BAD, OPEN, IAW FIM 30-41 TASK 812. REMOVED THE L1 WINDOW IAW AMM 56-11-11. MOVED L1 WINDOW WIRE TAP (1002-18) FROM TERMINAL1 TO TERMINAL 2 OF TB5010 IAW WDM 30-41-11 AND AMM 56-11-11 STEP H1. LEAK CHECKED AND OPS CHECKS GOOD.