SDR DL72S962276

Service difficulty report · Window · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date: October 9, 1996
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N485DA
Make and model: Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial: 20865
System (JASC): 5610 · Flight Compartment Windows
Part: Window
Condition: Smoking
Location: R-1
Stage of operation: CL
Nature of condition: B
Precautionary procedure: H

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

What was found

WHITE SMOKE EMITTED FROM UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF R-1 WINDOW WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 27,000 FT. NO OVERHEAT LIGHT, WINDOW WAS HOTTER TO TOUCH THAN R-2, L-1, L-2. SECURED R-1 HEAT, FOUND OUTBD WINDOW HEAT CONTACT TOUCHING WINDOW FRAME. RETERMINATED WIRE AND DRESSED AREA, OPERATION NORMAL.