Service difficulty report · Window · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
April 19, 2010
Submitted
April 19, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N215UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30221
Aircraft time
35,173 hours, 7,691 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4084
Part
Window
Part number
141T483560
Part serial
30
Condition
Leaking
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

F/O SLIDING WINDOW SQUEAL, RTFL. HIGH PITCH NOISE EXTREMELY LOUD, CREW UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE. UNABLE TO SILENCE OR REDUCE NOISE BY APPLYING PRESSURE TO WINDOW. IAW CREW VERBAL, NO NOISE UNTIL LEVEL CRUISE AT FL36, WITH 8.6 DIFF PRESS APPROX 1:10 INTO FLT, DESCENT TO FL32.8 AT 8.0 DIFF PRESS, NOISE WENT AWAY AND DID NOT RETURN, ADJUSTING CRANK NO HELP, COULD NOT PINPOINT EXACT ORIGIN, SEAL APPEARS WORN ON AFT UPPER & LOWER CORNERS. REPLACED WINDOW.