Service difficulty report · Windshield · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
August 13, 2003
Submitted
September 5, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N442US
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
24841
Part
Windshield
Part number
5893543129
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H, B, A

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

What was found

BWI - FLT 242 - EN ROUTE FROM CLT-EWR, AT FL330, THE CAPTAIN'S L1 WINDSHIELD BEGAN ARCING. C REW TURNED OFF THE WINDOW HEAT TO THIS WINDOW, THEN THE WINDSHIELD BEGAN CRACKING IN SEVERAL PLACES. CREW DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS AND REQUESTED A PRIORITY DESCENT OT 14,000 FEET FOR OPERATIONAL ABNORMALITIES. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO BWI AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE CAPTAINS L1 WINDSHIELD AND TE WINDOW HEAT CONTROLLER, P/N 83000-05602. OPS CHECK AND LEAK GOOD. (M)

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