# Incident 20090909022159I: Airbus A340*, Anchorage, AK, September 9, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2009, 08:05 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: VHCF
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: BHXE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A340*
- Pilot flight hours: 15,681 total, 9,068 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090909022159I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON 09/09/09 CATHAY PACIFIC FLIGHT 838, A-340-300, WAS ENROUTE TO VANCOUVER, CANADA AT AN ALTITUDE OF FL360 WHEN THE COPILOTS WIND SHIELD STARTED TO CRACK.  THE FLIGHT CREW ASKED THE OAKLAND CENTER CONTROLLER FOR CLEARANCE TO DESCEND TO FL230.  THE CONTROLLER ADVISED THAT HE WAS UNABLE DUE TO TRAFFIC.  FLIGHT 838 THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, OFFSET 15 NM LEFT OF COURSE AND DESCENT TO FL230 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE A-340 QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK.  AFTER REACHING FL230, FLIGHT 838 CANCELLED THE EMERGENCY AND THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL.  NOTIFIED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OAK ARTCC, BY TELEPHONE ON 10/21/2009, OF THE FINAL DEPOSITION OF THIS INCIDENT (8020.11B PAGE 602 PARAGRAPH F.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD NO COMMENTS CONCERNING THE DEPOSITION.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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