Service difficulty report · Heater · Boeing 75728A

Difficulty date
December 17, 2010
Submitted
March 15, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 75728A
Part
Heater
Condition
Arced
Location
Cockpit Window
Part time
46,155 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING A FLIGHT, IN CRUISE AT FL350, ELECTRICAL ARCING WAS OBSERVED ALONG THE TOP OF THE R1 COCKPIT WINDOW HEATING ELEMENT (INTERNAL IN THE WINDOW). PER THE QRH THE WINDSHIELD HEAT WAS SELECTED OFF. APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES LATER THE OUTER (NON-STRUCTURAL) PANE OF THE WINDOW CRACKED IN A SPIDER WEB PATTERN (TYPICAL). THE FLIGHT CREW ELECTED TO LAND AT THE NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT AND DIVERTED TO NAS. THE WINDOW WAS REPLACED AND THE A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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