Service difficulty report · Windshield · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
March 12, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N616DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
22823
Part
Windshield
Condition
Failed
Location
Right Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
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

AT FL350 CREW REPORTED LOUD BANG AND NOTICED F/O WINDSCREEN HAD SHATTERED. CREW ALSO REPORTED SUBSEQUENT ARCING IN LOWER CORNER OF WINDOW. WINDOW HEAT FOR THAT WINDOW WAS TURNED OFF. DISPATCH ELECTED TO DIVERT INTO ORD DUE TO ICING CONDITIONS AT OTHER ALTERNATE AIRPORTS. MTC IN ORD IS REPLACING WINDOW.