Service difficulty report · Windshield · Boeing 75723N

Difficulty date
October 20, 2012
Submitted
October 22, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N203UW
Make and model
Boeing 75723N
Aircraft serial
30548
Aircraft time
39,986 hours, 11,859 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
141T480150
Part serial
99300H2294
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
39,986 hours, 11,859 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CLT - FLT 874 EN ROUTE CLT TO AUA. FLIGHT HAD F/O FORWARD WINDSHIELD OVERHEAT. F/O'S WINDSHIELD CRACKED. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO RETURN TO CLT. THE FLIGHT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY INBOUND TO CLT, AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED F/O'S WINDSHIELD.

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