SDR SA04111

Service difficulty report · Windshield · Airbus A319112

Difficulty date
December 1, 2004
Submitted
December 3, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N763US
Make and model
Airbus A319112
Aircraft serial
1360
Part
Windshield
Part number
NP1653116
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
12,272 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

CLT FLT 473 ENROUTE PIT TO TPA, DURING THE FLIGHT, THE FIRST OFFICER'S WINDSHIELD BEGAN TO ARC, FOLLOWED BY THE OUTER PANE CRACKING. CREW ALSO RECEIVED ECAM WARNINGS "R WINDSHIELD" AND "R WINDOW". QRH PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED AND THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO CLT. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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