Service difficulty report · Windshield · Boeing 7572B7

Difficulty date
February 16, 2011
Submitted
February 18, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N935UW
Make and model
Boeing 7572B7
Aircraft serial
27201
Part
Windshield
Part number
141T480150
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
18,870 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
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

PHL FLT 722 EN ROUTE PHL TO DUB. THE RIGHT WINDOW (F/O) HEAT WAS INOPERATIVE WITH THE SWITCH ON, AND NO INOP ILLUMINATED ON THE SWITCH. ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN THE LAST TWO CONNECTORS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WINDOW, A SMALL ARCING COULD BE SEEN. THE RIGHT WINDOW DEVELOPED CRACKS AS A RESULT OF THE ARCING. THE FLIGHT COULD NOT CONTINUE INTO ICING CONDITIONS THAT WERE EXPECTED EN ROUTE TO DUB, SO THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO PHL AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT WINDOW HEAT CONTROLLER (AS A PRECAUTION), AND THE FIRST OFFICER'S WINDSHIELD.

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