Service difficulty report · Window · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
April 2, 2006
Submitted
April 4, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N840AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
2690
Aircraft time
440 hours, 182 cycles
Part
Window
Part number
NP1653128
Part serial
05237H9710
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
451 hours, 188 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

STL - AIR TURN BACK - FLT 454 - CREW REPORTED THAT THE RT F/O'S SLIDING WINDOW CRACKED DURING CLIMB. CREW RETURNED TO STL AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER EVENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE F/O'S SLIDING WINDOW IAW AIRBUS 319 AMM 56-12-11-400. VENDOR TEARDOWN IDENTIFIED A FRACTURED OUTER GLASS PLY. THE CAUSE OF THE FRACTURE WAS BEING STRUCE WITH A FOREIGN OBJECT (FOD). THE WINDOW WAS NOT REPAIRABLE AND WAS SCRAPPED

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