What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On the aircraft maintenance record the flight crew reported that before pushback the first officers windshield cracked and caught fire. The flight crew removed power and from the outside, extinguished the smoldering windshield. Upon arrival at the scene it was observed that maintenance personnel were removing window R-1. Maintenance personnel stated that immediately after the crew reported the fire, they witnessed smoke rising from the outside of window R-1. The first officer was witnessed opening the sliding window and discharging a portable halon fire extinguisher onto the outside of the window. The maintenance crew did a general inspection of the window wire terminal block, attaching window wires, & cockpit area and determined that there was no visible smoke or fire damage. The onsite inspection confirmed the maintenance crews general assessment. It was verified that window R-1 had evidence of overheating, delamination, and crazing on the outer plane.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORD THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT BEFORE PUSHBACK THE FIRST OFFICERS WINDSHIELD CRACKED AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE FLIGHT CREW REMOVED POWER AND FROM THE OUTSIDE, EXTINGUISHED THE SMOLDERING WINDSHIELD. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE SCENE IT WAS OBSERVED THAT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE REMOVING WINDOW R-1. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL STATED THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CREW REPORTED THE FIRE, THEY WITNESSED SMOKE RISING FROM THE OUTSIDE OF WINDOW R-1. THE FIRST OFFICER WAS WITNESSED OPENING THE SLIDING WINDOW AND DISCHARGING A PORTABLE HALON FIRE EXTINGUISHER ONTO THE OUTSIDE OF THE WINDOW. THE MAINTENANCE CREW DID A GENERAL INSPECTION OF THE WINDOW WIRE TERMINAL BLOCK, ATTACHING WINDOW WIRES, & COCKPIT AREA AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO VISIBLE SMOKE OR FIRE DAMAGE. THE ONSITE INSPECTION CONFIRMED THE MAINTENANCE CREWS GENERAL ASSESSMENT. IT WAS VERIFIED THAT WINDOW R-1 HAD EVIDENCE OF OVERHEATING, DELAMINATION, AND CRAZING ON THE OUTER PLANE.
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