Service difficulty report · Sliding Window · Airbus A300*

Difficulty date
October 28, 2022
Submitted
October 31, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N134AN
Make and model
Airbus A300*
Aircraft serial
6495
Aircraft time
23,101 hours, 8,469 cycles
Part
Sliding Window
Part number
SPSA320742
Part serial
L429928
Condition
Delaminated
Location
Zone 200 - Fuse
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: CAPTAIN'S SLIDING WINDOW IS DELAMINATING SHOWS BROWN DECOLORATION WHITE CRACKS RUNNING VERTICALLY THROUGH DISCOLORED AREA AND HOT TO TOUCH WHILE ON THE GROUND VIEW IS DISTORTED THROUGH DISCOLORED AREA. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE SLIDING WINDOW PER AMM 56-12-11.