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First officer cockpit window came open during takeoff roll. Takeoff aborted. Window locking handle was aft, not forward in locked position.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 165526 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199012 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 165526 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : rejected takeoff flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Aborted a widebody transport at 100 KTS because cockpit window blew open. Locking handle was aft and not forward. It was checked at least twice in this position and thought to be forward. Aircraft needs a warning light for these windows. The aft position looks too close to the forward position.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO COCKPIT WINDOW CAME OPEN DURING TKOF ROLL. TKOF ABORTED. WINDOW LOCKING HANDLE WAS AFT, NOT FORWARD IN LOCKED POSITION.
Narrative: ABORTED A WDB AT 100 KTS BECAUSE COCKPIT WINDOW BLEW OPEN. LOCKING HANDLE WAS AFT AND NOT FORWARD. IT WAS CHKED AT LEAST TWICE IN THIS POS AND THOUGHT TO BE FORWARD. ACFT NEEDS A WARNING LIGHT FOR THESE WINDOWS. THE AFT POS LOOKS TOO CLOSE TO THE FORWARD POS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.