Service difficulty report · Windshield · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
June 21, 2003
Submitted
June 24, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N593FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48551
Aircraft time
35,155 hours, 5,793 cycles
Part
Windshield
Condition
Damaged
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT FL 330 .84 MACH, OBJECT HIT WINDSCREEN IN 2 PLACES AND FRACTURED R1 FROM BOTTOM UPWARDS. CONT TO FRACTURE SPREAD ACROSS WINDSHIELD. SPIDER WEB AT LOWER PORTION OF R1 THROUGH TO UPPER PORTION. FACT R/R R1 WINDSHIELD ASSY PER MD-11M/M 56-11-01-4. AFTER R1 FRACTURE RECEIVED MULTIPLE LEVEL 2 ALERTS. ATS DROPPED OFF. FLT DIR BIASED OUT OF VIEW, FLEW A/C MAN. CAP'T AND F/O SPEED DIFFERED BY 30 KNTS+. ALL ALERTS WENT AWAY AND CAME BACK AFTER 30-60 SEC. A/P AND ATS AVAIL DURING INTERIM WHEN ALERTS NOT ILLUM. FACT SUSP ICE INGESTION INTO PITOT SYSTEM. PURGED SAME, NO FOREIGN MATERIAL NOTED. REF MM 34-11-00-2. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 & 2 CADC'S PRECAUTIONARY. REF MM 34-16-01-4. OK FOR SERVICE.

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