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A B737-300 flight crew en route to dfw at FL310 encountered turbulence and hail which resulted in the right side windshield becoming cracked and diversion to an alternate airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 433032 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199904 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zfw.artcc |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl single value : 31000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Thunderstorm Turbulence |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zfw.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 433032 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe inflight encounter : turbulence inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : exited adverse environment |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Encountered turbulence and hail. First officer's window cracked. Returned to iah. No injury to passenger or crew. No emergency declared. ZFW and iah center gave us priority handling. Returned to iah uneventfully.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-300 FLC ENRTE TO DFW AT FL310 ENCOUNTERED TURB AND HAIL WHICH RESULTED IN THE R SIDE WINDSHIELD BECOMING CRACKED AND DIVERSION TO AN ALTERNATE ARPT.
Narrative: ENCOUNTERED TURB AND HAIL. FO'S WINDOW CRACKED. RETURNED TO IAH. NO INJURY TO PAX OR CREW. NO EMER DECLARED. ZFW AND IAH CTR GAVE US PRIORITY HANDLING. RETURNED TO IAH UNEVENTFULLY.
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.