Service difficulty report · Windshield · Airbus A310203

Difficulty date
November 21, 2007
Submitted
November 28, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N424FE
Make and model
Airbus A310203
Aircraft serial
241
Aircraft time
35,586 hours, 24,635 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
NP1752014
Part serial
02117H5046
Condition
Failed
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
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 360, IN THE CLEAR, F/O'S WINDSCREEN SHATTERED. HAD BRIGHT FLASH OUT OF LOWER RIGHT CORNER, SPARKING AND ARCING. ALSO HAD LOUD POPPING NOISE. TURNED OFF F/O WINDOW HEAT AND ARCING AND SPARKING STOPPED AFTER ABOUT ONE MINUTE. MADE EMERGENCY LANDING AT BUF. REMOVED AND REPLACED F/O'S WINDSCREEN PER M/M 56-11-11-4. ALSO, REPLACED F/O'S WINDSCREEN REGULATOR AND CONTROLLER, CKS GOOD PER M/M 30-42-00-5.

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