Service difficulty report · Controller · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
April 8, 2007
Submitted
April 10, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N620AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
052
Aircraft time
56,973 hours, 25,485 cycles
Part
Controller
Part number
41600318003
Part serial
0163
Condition
Unknown
Location
Windshield Heat
Part time
13,441 hours, 5,607 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

MCO - ON APPROACH TO MCO, F/OS WINDSHIELD CRACKED AND STARTED SPARKING. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE PAX DID NOT BRACE. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MX REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD AND AS A PRECAUTION, MX REPLACED THE WINDOW HEAT CONTROLLER. OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD. THE A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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