B737 crew discovers windshield bolts loose during preflight at phl.

Attributes
ACN	428834
Time
Date	199902
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : phl
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 17500 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	428834
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Found windshield attach bolts loose. All bolts on both captain and first officer windshields improperly torqued. Fleet campaign underway to replace all windshield nuts with nut plates. Continuing problems during transition with improperly torqued bolts.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 CREW DISCOVERS WINDSHIELD BOLTS LOOSE DURING PREFLT AT PHL.

Narrative: FOUND WINDSHIELD ATTACH BOLTS LOOSE. ALL BOLTS ON BOTH CAPT AND FO WINDSHIELDS IMPROPERLY TORQUED. FLEET CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY TO REPLACE ALL WINDSHIELD NUTS WITH NUT PLATES. CONTINUING PROBS DURING TRANSITION WITH IMPROPERLY TORQUED BOLTS.

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.