Service difficulty report · Window · Boeing 7572B7

Difficulty date
June 1, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N619AU
Make and model
Boeing 7572B7
Aircraft serial
27198
Part
Window
Part number
141T480119
Condition
Shorted
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
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

LIT/MEM- FLIGHTS 55/8081 - EN ROUTE CLT/SFO (FLT 55), AT FL 350, CREW EXPERIENCED AN ODOR LIKE THAT OF BURNING RUBBER. THE ODOR WAS PREVALENT IN BOTH THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. CREW ISOLATED EACH PACK, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR. NO ABNORMAL COCKPIT INDICATIONS WERE EVIDENT. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO LIT AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE IN LIT PLACED THE RECIRCULATION FAN ON MEL. ON THE SUBSEQUENT FERRY FLIGHT TO PHL, THE CREW EXPERIENCED THE SAME ODOR. THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO MEM AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE AND FUMES WERE DUE TO THE L1 WINDOW ARCING AND BURNING. THE WINDOW AND HEAT CONTROLLER WERE REPLACED. (X)

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