Service difficulty report · Windshield · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
November 17, 2012
Submitted
November 19, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N439US
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
24781
Aircraft time
58,899 hours, 40,541 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
5893543139
Part serial
0507R
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
18,771 hours, 12,078 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE, EN ROUTE FROM IAH TO CLT, CREW REPORTED THE CAPTAINS FORWARD COCKPIT WINDSHIELD WITH MULTIPLE CRACKS IN OUTER PANE. TO RECEIVE PRIORITY HANDLING WITHOUT DELAY INTO CLT, THE CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE CAPTAINS FORWARD COCKPIT WINDSHIELD PER J/C 03L101560001.

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