Service difficulty report · Window · Boeing 727200

Difficulty date
August 4, 2006
Submitted
August 31, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N708AA
Make and model
Boeing 727200
Aircraft serial
22465
Aircraft time
58,044 hours, 30,583 cycles
Part
Window
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLT 705 FROM YYC TO MSP. ON CLIMB, AT APPROXIMATELY FL30.0, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED SEVERE TURBULENCE AND HAIL DAMAGE. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO YYC. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND NOSE RADOME WITH APPROXIMATELY 24 INCH DIAMETER HOLE, R1 WINDOW OUTER PLY SHATTERED, AND VARIOUS HAIL DAMAGE NOTED ON ENGINE INTAKES, HORIZONTAL STAB, AND WING LEADING EDGES. INTERIM REPAIRS INSTALLED AND AIRCRAFT FERRIED TO VQQ FOR REPAIR.

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