Service difficulty report · Windshield · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
March 31, 2017
Submitted
April 3, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N838HK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145321
Aircraft time
37,173 hours, 33,386 cycles
Engine
Rroyce AE3007A1
Part
Windshield
Part number
163500112
Part serial
8710
Condition
Overheated
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

UPON SETTING THE VECTORS FOR APPROACH, AN ODOR WAS NOTICED, BEST DESCRIBED AS HOT ELECTRICAL WIRING. UPON LOOKING AROUND TO PINPOINT THE SOURCE A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE WAS NOTED COMING FROM THE LOWER INBOARD CORNER OF THE FO’S WINDOW. IT WAS THEN NOTED THAT THE WHOLE WINDOW TURNED A LIGHT YELLOWISH TINT COLOR. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND CONTINUED THE APPROACH AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RIGHT WINDSHIELD HAD SIGNS OF OVERHEATING AND WAS REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT

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