SDR SA06086

Service difficulty report · Windshield · Airbus A319112

Difficulty date: November 18, 2006
Submitted: November 22, 2006
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N702UW
Make and model: Airbus A319112
Aircraft serial: 0896
System (JASC): 5610 · Flight Compartment Windows
Part: Windshield
Part number: NP1653115
Condition: Cracked
Location: Cockpit
Part time: 23,526 hours
Stage of operation: CR
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: A
Precautionary procedure: B, H

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

What was found

CLT - FLT 1414, EN ROUTE STX TO CLT. WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE CAPTAIN'S WINDSHIELD ARCED, AND THEN CRACKED. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DESCENDED TO FL 200 TO REDUCE PRESSURE. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE CAPTAIN'S WINDSHIELD. OPERATIONALLY CHECKS OK.

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