Service difficulty report · Windshield · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
July 1, 2013
Submitted
July 5, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N163US
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
1417
Aircraft time
42,157 hours, 15,540 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
NP1653133
Part serial
274H9171
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
42,157 hours, 15,540 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
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

FLIGHT DEPARTED, ENROUTE, ON A MX FERRY FLIGHT DUE TO A CRACKED CAPTAINS LT FIXED WINDOW. AT FL230, CREW REPORTED A LOUD BANG AND WINDSHIELD STARTED TO CRACK AND THERE WAS A DIFFERENTIAL IN THE PRESSURIZATION. CREW DETERMINED TO RETURN TO FIELD. A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE AND ACFT WAS NOT OVERWEIGHT. MX R & R CAPTAIN'S AFT FIXED WINDOW IAW AMM 56-11-12-400-002-A.

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