Service difficulty report · Wire · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
January 17, 2012
Submitted
January 18, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N380HA
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1104
Aircraft time
7,141 hours, 1,349 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Damaged
Location
Windshield Heat
Stage of operation
CR
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

OPEN - ETOPS SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM - LEFT WINDSHIELD HEAT ECAM ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO ENTERING ETOPS AIRSPACE. RETURNED . BITE OF WINDSHIELD HEAT CONTROLLER NR 1 FAULTED CLASS 1-L WINDSHIELD SENSOR (3DG1) WINSHIELD HEAT CCONTROLLER NR 1 (2DG1) FAULT SWAPPED CONTROLLER STILL HAD FAULT ON NR 1. TROUBLESHOT PER TSM 30-42. FOUND SENSOR NR 1 BAD, SENSOR NR 2 & SENSOR NR 3 RESISTANCE CHECKED GOOD. SWAPPED TO SENSOR NR 2 PER TSM, STILL HAD CLASS 1 FAULT. WINDOW RESISTANCE CHECKED OK. REMOVED YELLOW WIRE NR 3042-0159 FROM PIN X OF T/B 30IVT. NO ECAM MESSAGE AND ONLY HAD CLASS 3 MESSAGE. REINSTALLED CONTROLLER BACK TO ORIGINAL POSITION. COMPLIED WITH ER/A 499510-14 REV. ORIG. PERMANENT REPAIR REQUIRED WITHIN 10 DAYS,

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