Service difficulty report · Heater · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 30, 2021
Submitted
February 1, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N533AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35201
Aircraft time
37,697 hours, 10,899 cycles
Part
Heater
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Lt Fwd Window
Stage of operation
NR
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

LEFT FORWARD WINDOW HEAT OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED B737-800 FIM 30-41 TASK 801, FOUND SENSOR FAULT. NO HELP ON RESET, SWITCHED TO ALT SENSOR, NO HELP. GVI OF L1 WINDOW SENSORS FOUND SOME CRACKING IN BETWEEN BOTH SENSORS . FOLLOWED FIM 30-41 TASK 812 FOR T/S. RAN WINDOW HEAT FOR 2 HOURS, OPS NORMAL REF AMM 30-41-00. ALSO ACCOMPLISHED WHCU BITE CHECK FOR LEFT HAND FORWARD WINDOW FOR 2 HOUR HEAT TEST. NO ACTIVE FAULTS NOTED REF FIM 30-41 TASK 801. REF AMM 56-11-00 CRACKS IN ACRYLIC WAFERS ARE ACCEPTABLE MANUFACTURING WITH NO OTHER FAULTS.