From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: aircraft made an unscheduled landing at iad due to captain's outer pane of windscreen cracking and catching on fire at base. Crew turned off windscreen heat. There was no smoke in the cabin. Aircraft returned to gate with no further problems. Maintenance inspected and found that when the outer pane cracked, the heating element wires arced. Maintenance opened dmi 53288, MEL 30-1 on the windscreen heat. Crack in windscreen was inspected and ok'd for service per maintenance manual CH56-10-00. Aircraft returned to service.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING AT IAD DUE TO CAPTAIN'S OUTER PANE OF WINDSCREEN CRACKING AND CATCHING ON FIRE AT BASE. CREW TURNED OFF WINDSCREEN HEAT. THERE WAS NO SMOKE IN THE CABIN. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND THAT WHEN THE OUTER PANE CRACKED, THE HEATING ELEMENT WIRES ARCED. MAINTENANCE OPENED DMI 53288, MEL 30-1 ON THE WINDSCREEN HEAT. CRACK IN WINDSCREEN WAS INSPECTED AND OK'D FOR SERVICE PER MAINTENANCE MANUAL CH56-10-00. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Other reports on N324UE · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.