Service difficulty report · Windscreen · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
September 7, 2008
Submitted
September 17, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N814EX
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
318
Part
Windscreen
Part number
NP15790114
Part serial
08099H1833
Condition
Arced
Location
Cockpit
Part time
128 hours, 128 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

EN ROUTE TO DESTINATION AT 16000 FEET THE FLIGHT CREW NOTED A PUFF OF SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE MASTER CAUTION PANEL. THE SMOKE DISSIPATED WITH NO OTHER SIGNS OF DIFFICULTY. THE CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND NOTIFIED THE PASSENGERS OF AN AVIONICS PROBLEM THEN TOLD THEM TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTS OF THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT. THE ACFT THEN LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CO-PILOTS WINDSCREEN CONTACTS HAD ARCED AND ONE WAS LOOSE. THE WINDSCREEN WAS THEN CHANGED. OPS CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE ACFT WAS THEN RELEASED FOR SERVICE.