Service difficulty report · Windshield · Boeing 7572B7

Difficulty date
July 4, 2013
Submitted
September 10, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N936UW
Make and model
Boeing 7572B7
Aircraft serial
27244
Aircraft time
62,132 hours, 24,631 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
141T480014
Part serial
G2081
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
17,475 hours, 6,106 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMBOUT AT FL300, THE F/O R1 OUTER WINDSHIELD CRACKED WITH A LOUD NOISE. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DID AN EMERGENCY DESCENT TO 10,000 FT. RETURNED TO FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED R1 WINDSHIELD.

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