Service difficulty report · Windshield · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
April 23, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N439JS
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft serial
3057
Engine
Pwa PW119B
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Windshield
Part number
SPSDO328231
Condition
Broken
Location
Lt Cockpit
Part time
7,633 hours
Stage of operation
CR
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

PIT - FLT 4059 - EN ROUTE FROM CAE TO PIT, THE OUTER PANE OF LT WINDSHIELD FAILED. CREW FOLLOWED ESTABLISHED ABNORMAL PROCEDURES BY DESCENDING TO FL 100 (OR LOWER) AND REDUCING THE CABIN PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL. CREW CONTINUED ON WITH THE FLIGHT AND LANDED AT THE ORIGINAL DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PIT MX REPLACED THE LT WINDSHIELD IAW MM 56-10-00. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.