Service difficulty report · Windshield · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
October 24, 2019
Submitted
October 28, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N685FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
803
Aircraft time
28,281 hours, 15,835 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
NP1752014
Part serial
12342H9340
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
6,879 hours, 4,029 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

F/O FRONT WINDSHIEL WINDOW HEAT FAULT FOLLOWED BY CRACKING , APPEARS TO BE CRACKED OUTER LAYER . FOUND CRACK FROM LEFT BOTTOM TO RIGHT UPPER OF F/O WINDSHIELD F/O WINDSHIELD AND WINDSHIELD TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER REPLACED PER MM, OPS CHECK OK

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