Air carrier pilot reported a lightning strike rendered their window heat inoperative; but they were ...

Attributes
ACN	1651412
Time
Date	201905
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B787 Dreamliner Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Cockpit Window
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 93.58 Flight Crew Total 5325.27 Flight Crew Type 1366.03
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

While climbing out of approximately 7;500 feet; the aircraft received a lightning strike. Primarily forward left side window heat and primary first officer side window heat inop illuminated. I flew the aircraft; the first officer ran the appropriate checklist; contacted dispatch with a patch through to [chief pilot]. The first officer reviewed all systems pages; all normal. Circuit breaker (circuit breaker) check indicated circuit breaker condition unknown for items related to inoperative systems. The crew openly discussed the situation together with [chief pilot] and dispatch and concurred that the aircraft was and enroute weather was safe to continue to destination. Operations were normal and systems operated as expected throughout the remainder of the flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier pilot reported a lightning strike rendered their window heat inoperative; but they were able to continue to their destination.

Narrative: While climbing out of approximately 7;500 feet; the aircraft received a lightning strike. Primarily forward left side window heat and primary First Officer side window heat inop illuminated. I flew the aircraft; the First Officer ran the appropriate checklist; contacted Dispatch with a patch through to [Chief Pilot]. The First Officer reviewed all systems pages; all normal. CB (Circuit Breaker) check indicated CB condition unknown for items related to inoperative systems. The crew openly discussed the situation together with [Chief Pilot] and Dispatch and concurred that the aircraft was and enroute weather was safe to continue to destination. Operations were normal and systems operated as expected throughout the remainder of the flight.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.