Service difficulty report · Windshield · Boeing 767201

Difficulty date
September 25, 2008
Submitted
October 21, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N249AU
Make and model
Boeing 767201
Aircraft serial
23901
Part
Windshield
Part number
141T480013
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
15,622 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

ZRH FLT 710, ENROUTE PHL TO ZRH. WHILE IN CRUISE FLT, THE CAPTAINS SIDE WINDSHIELD OUTER PANE CRACKED AFTER IT HAD ARCED. NO PRESSURIZATION WAS LOST, SO THE FLT CONTINUED TO ZRH AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX REPLACED THE L1 WINDSHIELD. OPS CHECK OK.