# SDR AU960730

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: May 21, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Dhav DHC8102
- Engine: Pwa PW120A
- System (JASC): [5610 · Flight Compartment Windows](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5610)
- Part: Windshield
- Part number: 8SC0043012
- Condition: Failed
- Location: Flt Cmpt Window
- Stage of operation: CR
- Nature of condition: B, A
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AU960730

## Discrepancy

(AUS) RH FORWARD COCKPIT WINDSCREEN SHORT CIRCUITED WHEN HEATER TURNED FROM 'WARM UP' TO 'NORMAL' - FLASH FROM TERMINALS WAS FOLLOWED BYA FIRE - WINDSCREEN WAS ALSO CRACKED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY FOLLOWED  BY SHATTERING OF THE OUTER PANEL - SUSPECT CAUSED BY MOISTURE INGRESS INTO THE INTERNAL BUSBAR CAUSING SHORT CIRCUIT

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