SDR CHQA000469

Service difficulty report · Windshield · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
March 16, 2004
Submitted
March 17, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N370
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145515
Aircraft time
6,440 hours, 4,956 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
163500112
Part serial
8242
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
5,711 hours, 4,421 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

FLIGHT 3144 LGA - CHS SHORTLY AFTER CLIMBING THROUGH 20,000 FT WITH WINDSHIELD HEAT ON, THERE WAS A BANG AND THE FIRST OFFICERS FRONT WINDSCREEN WAS CRACKED (SPIDER WEBBED). IMMEDIATELY REDUCED SPEED, DECLARED EMERGENCY, AND DIVERTED TO JFK DUE TO LGA BELOW LANDING MINIMUMS. RAN ALL NECESSARY CHECKLISTS AND LANDED AT JFK WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX REMOVED AND REPLACED F/O'S WINDSHIELD IAW EMB-145 MM CH 56-10-01. PRESSURIZED ACFT FOR LEAK CHECKS, NO LEAKS FOUND. WINDSHIELD HEAT CHECKED OK.

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