What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: WHILE AT FL350 CAPTAIN'S SIDE WINDOW L2 OUTER LAYER CRACKED. FOLLOWED QRH PROCEDURE AND DETERMINED THERE IS NO DAMAGE/ CRACKS IN INNER LAYER. REPLACED L2 SLIDING WINDOW PANEL.
- Difficulty date
- July 3, 2024
- Submitted
- July 5, 2024
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N163AA
- Make and model
- Airbus A321231
- Aircraft serial
- 6866
- Aircraft time
- 24,334 hours, 9,681 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5610 · Flight Compartment Windows
- Part
- Sliding Window
- Part number
- UNKNOWN
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- L2
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.