Service difficulty report · Windshield · Boeing 7572G7

Difficulty date
February 21, 2007
Submitted
February 22, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N909AW
Make and model
Boeing 7572G7
Aircraft serial
24522
Aircraft time
64,568 hours, 243,183 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
141T480149
Part serial
5987
Condition
Arced
Location
Cockpit
Part time
5,870 hours, 1,806 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLIGHT 432: PHX - OGG - ATB - PRIOR TO REACHING THE COAST, THE CREW NOTICED AN ELECTRICAL SMELL IN THE FLIGHT STATION. THE CREW SHUT DOWN THE LEFT PACK AND THE SMELL WENT AWAY. BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS TO HAVE BOTH PACKS OPERATING FOR ETOPS OPERATION, THE CREW RETURNED TO PHX. NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MX NOTICED THE CAPTAINS WINDSHIELD SHOWED SIGNS OF ARCHING, MX REMOVED AND REPLACED THE CAPTAINS WINDSHIELD, OPS/LEAK CHECK WAS GOOD. THE A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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