Service difficulty report · Sliding Window · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
November 8, 2011
Submitted
December 8, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N769UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26921
Aircraft time
66,133 hours, 11,958 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Sliding Window
Part number
141T483581
Part serial
125
Condition
Noisy
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

HIGH PITCH TONE AUDIBLE TO BOTH PILOTS IN CRZ. MAYBE CAPTS WINDOW. CREW VERBAL SLIGHT NOISE COMING FROM BOTTOM AFT CORNER OF CAPTS SLIDING WINDOW. FOUND EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF SEALANT ON INSIDE OF AFT BOTTOM CORNER. REMOVED EXCESSIVE SEALANT. NOISE RECURRED. ADJUSTED WINDDOW PER MM. PRESSURIZED AC UP TO 4 DP, NO LEAKS NOTED. DUE TO CHRONIC REPORTS OF HIGH PITCHED SQUEAL FROM CAPTAIN'S SLIDING WINDOW WITH SEAL RPLCMNT & WINDOW ADJUSTMENT ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR, REPLACE 2L SLIDING WINDOW (PCN 120-7773). RMV'D AND REPLACED WINDOW PER MM. ALL OPS CKS GOOD. ALSO PRESS TESTED TO 4.5, NO NOISES NOTED ALL OKAY.