Service difficulty report · Windshield · Airbus A319131

Difficulty date
December 22, 2006
Submitted
January 2, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N804UA
Make and model
Airbus A319131
Aircraft serial
759
Aircraft time
31,634 hours, 11,981 cycles
Engine
Iae V2522A5
Part
Windshield
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

F/O'S WINDSHIELD OUTER PANE SHATTERED WITH ASSOCIATED ANTI-ICE FIRST OFFICER WINDSHIELD ECAM. [SUP 05-18-07] MALFUNCTIONING THERMAL SENSOR LED CONTROLLER TO BELIEVE WINDSHIELD WAS COLDER THAN IT ACTUALLY WAS. CONTROLLER KEPT HEATING ELEMENT ON TO COMPENSATE, WHICH SHATTERED THE OUTER WINDSHIELD PANE BY THERMAL SHOCK. REPLACED FIRST OFFICER'S WINDSHIELD.

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