Service difficulty report · Window · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
February 22, 2003
Submitted
March 4, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N182DN
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
25987
Aircraft time
49,123 hours, 7,688 cycles
Part
Window
Part number
141T480014
Part serial
045C727
Condition
Damaged
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
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

AT CRUISE AND NEAR MSP, CREW SMELLED AN ELECTRICAL ODOR. WENT TO STBY ON EQPT COOLING AND SHUTTING OFF GASPER AND RECIRC FANS. SMELL STARTED TO GO AWAY AND THEN CAME BACK FORA SPLIT SECOND AND THEN WENT AWAY AGAIN. SEEMED TO COME OUT FROM THE VENTS. MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING INTO MSP. MTC IN PROGRESS REPLACING R1 WINDOW DUE TO TERMINAL BLOCK ATBOTTOM FOUND LOOSE AND ARCING. ETOPS CATEGORY 'E': PROBLEMS WITH SYSTEMS CRITICAL TO ETOPS