# SDR HYIA20191205001

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: December 2, 2019
- Submitted: December 5, 2019
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N890CA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N890CA), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna 402C
- Registry model: [Cessna 402C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 402C0006
- Aircraft time: 16,386 hours, 28,821 cycles
- System (JASC): [3040 · Windshield/Door Rain/Ice Removal](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3040)
- Part: Static Inverter
- Part number: 99102932
- Part serial: 1321
- Condition: Failed
- Location: Windshield Heat
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HYIA20191205001

## Discrepancy

PILOT REPORTED A BURNING SMELL WHEN THE ELECTRIC WINDSHIELD WAS TURNED ON. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND THE STATIC INVERTER FOR THE WINDSHIELD HEAT TO HAVE A SLIGHT ELECTRICAL SMELL. THE INVERTER AND SUPPRESSOR WERE REPLACED WITH NOT ADDITIONAL DEFECTS NOTED.

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