What was found
IN CRUISE FL340, CAPTAIN'S WINDOW CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. CAPTAINS WINDOW HEAT FAULTED SHORTLY AFTER CRACK APPEARED. TURNED OFF WINDOW HEAT, NO FURTHER CRACKING. R & R CAPTAIN'S WINDSHIELD IAW MM 56-11-11-04.
- Difficulty date
- November 10, 2012
- Submitted
- November 13, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N454FE
- Make and model
- Airbus A310222
- Aircraft serial
- 278
- Aircraft time
- 31,395 hours, 15,546 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5610 · Flight Compartment Windows
- Part
- Windshield
- Part number
- NP1752011
- Part serial
- 5H8143
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Cockpit
- Part time
- 26,822 hours, 12,841 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- 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.