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Service difficulty report · Window · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date: September 11, 2017
Submitted: September 13, 2017
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N531JL
Make and model: Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial: 1650
Aircraft time: 55,011 hours, 20,920 cycles
System (JASC): 3040 · Windshield/Door Rain/Ice Removal
Part: Window
Condition: Failed
Location: Cockpit
Stage of operation: AP
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: B
Precautionary procedure: O

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH, A LOUD CLICKING SOUND WAS HEARD FROM THE AREA OF THE CAPTAIN`S AFT WINDOW AND STORAGE BIN. SHORTLY AFTER THE CLICKING SOUND, BOTH PILOTS NOTED A SIGNIFICANT ELECTRICAL ODOR.THE SOUND STOPPED AFTER ABOUT 90 SECONDS THE ODOR CONTINUED . NO SMOKE WAS OBSERVED; PERFORMED SMOKE INSPECTION, CONFIRMED THE CAPTAIN`S FIXED WINDOW WAS AT FAULT. TSM 05-50-00-810-832A ACCOMPLISHED.

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