SDR MZZA96059

Service difficulty report · Windshield · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
July 11, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N15781
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
20636
Part
Windshield
Condition
Air Leak
Location
Rt Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A, J

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

What was found

FLT NR 958 - GUM - AIR TURN BACK, NOTED AIR LEAK ON T/O (RT SIDE F/O'S WINDOW AREA) AS DIFFERENTIAL INCREASED NOISE TURNED TO SQUEL AND INCREASED AT 5 PSI. NOISE WAS DEAFENING AND CREW/RADIO COMMUNICATIONS BECAME IMPOSSIBLE, DUMPED 9000 LBS OF FUEL OFFSHORE AND RETURNED TO GUAM, LANDING WEIGHT 134,000 LBS. FOUND FLIGHT OFFICERS WINDSHIELD (R1) PEELING ON OUTSIDE. REMOVED ALL OUTER SEALANT, RETORQUED, RESEALED PER MM 56-11-11. (M)