Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
December 10, 2019
Submitted
December 17, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N495AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41728
Aircraft time
15,050 hours, 4,836 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27E
Part
Sensor
Condition
Failed
Location
Sliding Window
Part time
15,097 hours, 4,849 cycles
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

RT SIDE WINDOW OVERHEAT LT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. DID QRH PROCEDURE. LT CAME BACK ON AFTER 4 MIN OFF. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED WINDOW HEAT CONTROL UNIT BITE PROCEDURE PER B737-900 FIM 30-41 TASK 801. FOUND WINDOW SENSOR FAULT MULTIPLE TIMES IN HISTORY. PERFORMED WINDOW TEMP SENSOR RESISTANCE MEASUREMENTS PER B737-900 AMM 30-41-21-760-801. RESISTANCE CHECK FAILED. FOUND TERMINAL ALREADY ON SPARE SENSOR. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT SIDE WINDOW PER B737-900 AMM 56-12-11, OPS CHECK GOOD.