SDR IPXA2025012405142

Service difficulty report · Window · Airbus A300F4622R

Difficulty date: January 21, 2025
Submitted: January 24, 2025
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N140UP
Make and model: Airbus A300F4622R
Aircraft serial: 0823
Aircraft time: 26,936 hours, 16,675 cycles
System (JASC): 5610 · Flight Compartment Windows
Part: Window
Condition: Fire
Location: Zone 200
Stage of operation: CL
How discovered: V
Nature of condition: B, A
Precautionary procedure: B, A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMBOUT NOTICED/HEARD A WHEEZING NOISE: FOLLOWED BY ARCING-SMALL FLAMES IN LOWER CORNER OF FOÂ€™SWINDOW: A CRACK FROM THAT CORNER TO MIDWAY DEVELOPED- AFTER LEVELING OFF AT 14,000 THE CRACK DOUB ACCOMPLISHED AMM 56-11-11/401 F, ATB

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