# SDR IPXA2020050454965

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: May 1, 2020
- Submitted: May 4, 2020
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N153UP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N153UP), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A300 F4-622R
- Registry model: [Airbus A300 F4-622R](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a300-f4-622r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 0839
- Aircraft time: 19,429 hours, 11,992 cycles
- System (JASC): [5610 · Flight Compartment Windows](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5610)
- Part: Windshield
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Cockpit
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: J
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/IPXA2020050454965

## Discrepancy

INSPECTION TYPE:N/AIN FLIGHT ECAM ANTI-ICE L WINDOW HEAT FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. NOTICED BUBBLING AND ARCING. ABOUT 5 SECONDS LATER WINDSHIELD CRACKED THROUGHOUT. COMPLIED WITH QRH PROCEDURE FOR COCKPIT WINDSHIELD CRACKED. DETERMINED TO BE CRACKED ONLY.R&R CAPTS WINDSHIELD PER A300 AMM 56-11-11-0401. OPS CK GOOD.

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