Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
December 13, 2018
Submitted
December 18, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N442AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
43293
Aircraft time
20,215 hours, 6,692 cycles
Part
Sensor
Condition
Failed
Location
Sliding Window
Stage of operation
CR
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 36000 IN CRUISE L SIDE WINDOW OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED RAN QRH AND LITE WENT OUT UNTIL APPROX 20,000 IN DES PER QRH TURNED OFF WINDOW HEAT SWITCH. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED B737-900 FIM 30-41 TASK 801 BITE TEST PASS. HISTORY SHOWED MULTIPLE SENSOR FAULTS. PERFORMED FIM 30-41 TASK 811 SWAPPED SENSOR POSITIONS FROM PRIMARY TO SPARE SENSOR ON L2 SIDE WINDOW OPS AND BITE CHECK PASS REF B737-900 AMM 30-41-00.