What was found
WINDSHIELD HEAT OFF, IMMEDIATELY CAPTAIN'S CLEARVIEW FRONT WINDOW COMPLETELY CRACKED INTO MANY CRACKS AND ARCING. GOOD FOR EMERGENCY LANDING. RAN QRH DURING DESCENT. WINDSHIELD REPLACED IN REF TO MM 56-11-00-2.
- Difficulty date
- March 8, 2013
- Submitted
- March 8, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N313FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD1030F
- Aircraft serial
- 48311
- Aircraft time
- 55,980 hours, 18,389 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5610 · Flight Compartment Windows
- Part
- Windshield
- Part number
- NBA6045501
- Part serial
- 640230
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Cockpit
- Part time
- 22,163 hours, 8,226 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.