SDR DALA2017011600384

Service difficulty report · Heater · Doug MD88

Difficulty date: January 14, 2017
Submitted: January 17, 2017
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N912DL
Make and model: Doug MD88
Aircraft serial: 49543
Aircraft time: 75,988 hours, 58,522 cycles
System (JASC): 3040 · Windshield/Door Rain/Ice Removal
Part: Heater
Condition: Failed
Location: Sliding Window
Stage of operation: CR
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: M, B
Precautionary procedure: O

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

What was found

WITH ANTI FOG SWITCH ON, CAPTAINS SLIDING WINDOW GOT EXCESSIVELY HOT. WINDOW STARTED WARPING, AND BECAME SOFT. ALSO HAD A SMALL BURNING ODOR. WITH ANTI FOG OFF, THE BURNING ODOR WENT AWAY. R & R CAPTAINS SLIDING WINDOW IAW AMM 56-10. OPS CHECKED GOOD, NO BURNING ODOR NOTED.

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