What was found
LAX - DURING PREFLIGHT CHECK, THE FIRST OFFICERS SLIDING CLEARVIEW WINDOW WAS FOUND TO BE DIFFICULT TO OPEN. LUBRICATED WINDOW. WINDOW THEN OPERATED PROPERLY. (M)
- Difficulty date
- March 22, 2003
- Submitted
- May 5, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N972AS
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53448
- System (JASC)
- 5610 · Flight Compartment Windows
- Part
- Window
- Part number
- 5613217520
- Part serial
- 972
- Condition
- Stuck
- Location
- Cockpit
- Part time
- 30,705 hours, 16,291 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.