Service difficulty report · Controller · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
May 9, 2021
Submitted
May 10, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N486AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
44107
Aircraft time
21,264 hours, 6,819 cycles
Part
Controller
Part number
8300005605
Part serial
24562
Condition
Faulted
Location
2nd Window Heat
Part time
21,260 hours, 6,817 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
H

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON DESCENT AT ABOUT 10,000FT AND 250KTS, THE LEFT SIDE WINDOW OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. EXTINGUISHED AS SOON AS WE TURNED THE SWITCH OFF. WINDOW WAS WARM BUT NOT HOT. GROUNDED - YES. OPERATED ALL WINDOW HEAT FOR APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. C/W L2 WINDOW HEAT BITE PROCEDURE AND BIT VERIFY PASSED BITE TEST. NOTED WINDOW SENSOR FAULT IN FAULT HISTORY. FOUND PRIMARY WINDOW HEAT SENSOR TO BE WITHIN RESISTANCE LIMITS AND NO FAULTS NOTED. AS A PRECAUTION ACCESSED L2 WINDOW HEAT SENSOR AND MOVED FROM PRIMARY SENSOR TERMINAL TO SPARE SENSOR TERMINAL. OPS CHECKS FAILED, FOUND SECONDARY SENSOR WITH MEGOHM RESISTANCE. SWAPPED FROM SPARE SENSOR TERMINAL BACK TO PRIMARY SENSOR TERMINAL. AGAIN, L2 WINDOW HEAT OPS CHECKS OK. AS A PRECAUTION REPLACED L2 WINDOW HEAT CONTROLLER WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT, OPS CHECKS OK. REF B737-900 FIM 30-41 TASK 801, FIM 30-41 TASK 811, B737-900 WDM 30-41-12, B737-900 AMM 30-41-21, AND AMM 30-41-11.