Service difficulty report · Window · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
March 15, 2009
Submitted
March 18, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N514UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24839
Aircraft time
60,969 hours, 22,958 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Window
Condition
Open
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CREW HEARD LOUD NOISE FROM F/O SLIDING WINDOW. RTFL. FOUND WINDOW PARTIALLY OPENED ON THE AFT SIDE. HANDLE STILL LOCKED AND INDICATOR STILL READING CLOSED. NO HISTORY. BELIEVE WINDOW CLOSED BUT LINKAGE NOT FULLY OVER CENTER, ALLOWING WINDOW TO COME OPEN PARTIALLY ON TAKEOFF. OPERATED WINDOW NUMEROUS TIMES, OPERATED OK AND LOCKED PROPERLY. CREW STATED ON ARRIVAL AT ACFT - WINDOW WAS OPEN APPROX 2 INCHES. CREW MEMBER STATED THAT THEY CLOSED AND LATCHED WINDOW, BUT ADMITTED THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE CRANKED WINDOW TO THE FULLY CLOSED POSITION PRIOR TO LATCHING IT AND AGREED THAT MOST LIKELY THIS WAS OPERATOR ERROR.