Service difficulty report · Window · Doug DC915F

Difficulty date
November 26, 2009
Submitted
December 1, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N196US
Make and model
Doug DC915F
Aircraft serial
47045
Aircraft time
74,692 hours, 86,052 cycles
Part
Window
Part number
56147121
Part serial
42319
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
74,692 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
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

AT CRUISE ALTITUDE (FL 340), AT NIGHT, CAPTAIN NOTED A REFLECTION OF THE MOON ABOVE HIS HEAD IN THE COCKPIT. UPON INVESTIGATION THE PILOT DISCOVERED THE LT AFT COCKPIT WINDOW HAD A SEMI-CIRCULAR CRACK APPROX 8" LONG BY APPROX ,5" WIDE. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT. THE DESCENT WAS UNEVENTFUL AND THE ACFT MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING. THE ACFT REMAINED PRESSURIZED DURING THE DESCENT AND LANDING. MX REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. A CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE OF THE WINDOW COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

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