Service difficulty report · Windscreen · Boeing 767*

Difficulty date
May 13, 2006
Submitted
June 6, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 767*
Aircraft time
54,071 hours
Engine
Ge CF680C2B6F
Part
Windscreen
Part number
141480149
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Component
Pilots Windscre · Ppg · 141480149
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

LOCATION APPROX 30 DEGREES WEST AT FL 320 - IAS M .8 AS REPORTED BY THE FLIGHT CREW: WHILE IN CRUISE THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED A CRACK STARTING IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE CAPTAINS FORWARD WINDOW (NR 1) WITH IN A FEW MINUTES THE CRACK HAD SPREAD ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO THE FAR RIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE CREW OBSERVED ARCING OF THE WINDOW HEATER ELEMENT AND LEFT THE WINDOW HEAT IN THE OFF POSITION. APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE LATER THE ENTIRE VIEWING AREA OF THE WINDOW CRAZED. THE FLIGHT CREW OBSERVED THE CRAZING TO BE THE OUTER PLY AND CONTINUED THE FLIGHT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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