Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 7373G7

Difficulty date
May 2, 2004
Submitted
May 3, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N156AW
Make and model
Boeing 7373G7
Aircraft serial
23778
Aircraft time
53,421 hours, 37,888 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
2312
Part serial
7103
Condition
Defective
Location
Cockpit
Part time
49,693 hours, 37,509 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, LT FORWARD WINDOW OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED, FOLLOWED QRH BUT LIGHT REMAINED ON, TURNED BACK DUE TO KNOWN ICING CONDITIONS AT MCI. MAINT FOUND A LOOSE WIRE IN TERMINAL LUG AT CIRCUIT BREAKER, RE-TERMINATED WIRE. R & R LT FWD WINDOW ANTI-ICE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND LT FORWARD WINDOW HEAT CONTROL UNIT IAW BMM, OPS CHK OF WINDOW ANTI-ICING SYSTEM GOOD. FUNCTIONAL TEST OF WINDOW HEAT CONTROL UNIT S/N 7103 CONFIRMED FAILURE OF UNIT FOR OUTPUT TEST. TEARDOWN OF UNIT FOUND TRANSFORMER T1 ARCING, REPLACED TRANSFORMER AND DEFECTIVE PARTS IAW CMM 30-40-02, REV. 14.

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