SDR SB07094

Service difficulty report · Windshield · Boeing 7373B7

Difficulty date
October 30, 2007
Submitted
October 31, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N517AU
Make and model
Boeing 7373B7
Aircraft serial
23703
Part
Windshield
Part number
5893543129
Part serial
02051R9050
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
11,485 hours, 8,901 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

BNA FLT 1552 - DURING CRUISE, CREW REPORTED THE CAPTAIN'S L1 WINDSHIELD BEGAN TO ARC AND THEN SHATTERED. CREW ACCOMPLISHED QRH PROCEDURES. PRESSURIZATION REMAINED NORMAL. OUTER PANE WAS CONFIRMED SHATTERED, WHEREAS, INNER PANE WAS NOT AFFECTED. FLIGHT LANDED AT BDL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE CAPTAIN'S L1 WINDSHIELD PER MM 56-11-11. ALSO, REPLACED L1 WINDOW HEAT CONTROLLER. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.

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