Service difficulty report · Dv Window · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
July 4, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N437JS
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft serial
3055
Engine
Pwa PW119B
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Dv Window
Part number
001561A0000206
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Cockpit
Part time
18,192 hours
Stage of operation
CL
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

EN ROUTE FROM PIT TO CHS, CREW REPORTED A CRACK IN THE CAPTAIN'S DIRECT VISION (DV) WINDOW. REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO DISPATCH, WERE THEN INSTRUCTED TO RETURN TO PIT. NO EMERGENCY DECLARED, AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PIT MX REPLACED CAPTAIN'S DV WINDOW I.A.W. M.M. 56-10-00. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.