Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
December 11, 2020
Submitted
December 15, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N440AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41705
Aircraft time
27,016 hours, 8,693 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
8300005604
Part serial
9569D
Condition
Faulted
Location
L2 Window Heat
Part time
49,150 hours, 15,054 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

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT L2 WINDOW OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WINDOW WAS COLD TO TOUCH. PERFORMED QRH PROCEDURE AND SELECTED HEAT BACK TO ON AFTER 5 MINUTES. HEAT ON LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BUT WINDOW NEVER FELT AS WARM AS L1. SEVERAL TIMES THE ON LIGHT CYCLED OFF AND ON BUT STILL NO SIGNIFICANT HEAT FROM THE WINDOW. CYCLING CONTINUED ON THE GROUND. OVERHEAT LIGHT DID NOT SUBSEQUENTLY ILLUMINATE. GROUNDED-YES. ACCOMPLISHED B737-900 FIM 30-41 TASK 801. BITE TEST PASSES. SENSOR FAULT LOGGED MULTIPLE TIMES IN FAULT HISTORY. ACCOMPLISHED FIM 30-41 TASK 811. SENSOR VALUE WITHIN LIMITS. ACCOMPLISHED B737-900 AMM 30-41-00-710-801. L2 WINDOW FAILED TO WARM UP TO MINIMUM TEMPERATURE. REMOVED & REPLACED WHCU. OPERATIONS CHECK, REF AMM 30-41-11.