# SDR Y2PA03013

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 22, 2003
- Submitted: September 2, 2003
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N821AA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N821AA), registered now
- Make and model: Amd FALCOND
- Aircraft serial: 203
- System (JASC): [3097 · Ice/Rain Protection System Wiring](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3097)
- Part: Wire
- Condition: Loose
- Location: Windshield
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/Y2PA03013

## Discrepancy

DURING CRUISE AT FL350, ENCOUNTERED INTERMITTENT SMOKE IN COCKPIT.  CREW DECIDED TO DIVERT.  DURING DESCENT SMOKE BECAME MORE CONSTANT.  DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AT NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT (SBN).  A USA MECH WAS DISPATCHED TO T/S THE PROBLEM.  USAA MX FOUND A LOOSE WIRE AT THE WINDSHIELD HEAT TERMINAL BLOCK.  THE WIRE TERMINAL WAS TIGHTENED AND THE WINDSHIELD HEAT OPS CHK GOOD PER THE FALCON MM 30-40-1.  NO FURTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.  THE ENGINES ON THIS AIRCRAFT WERE RUN AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS FULLY POWERED UP WITH NO INDICATION OF ANY SMOKE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN RECTIFIFIED.  (M)

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.