Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 75724APF

Difficulty date
November 16, 2007
Submitted
November 19, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N443UP
Make and model
Boeing 75724APF
Aircraft serial
27388
Part
Control Unit
Condition
Overheated
Location
Windshield Heat
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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

FLIGHT CONTROL WAS NOTIFIED BY MCI CENTER THAT THE CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN COCKPIT WHEN APPROXIMATELY 120NM WEST OF BUM VOR AND AT FL300 AND WERE DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. AFTER CLOCK IN, CAPT WINDSHIELD CRACKED. ISOLATED FUMES TO OVERHEATED WINDSHIELD. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT WINDOW HEAT CONTROL UNIT PER 757 AMM 30-41-01-4 TESTS OK. REMOVED AND REPLACED CAPTAINS WINDSHIELD PER AMM 56-11-01-4.

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