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A dornier 328 on initial climb at 10000 ft, declared an emergency and diverted, due to the left side cockpit window cracked.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 489423 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200010 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lga.airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl single value : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Do 328 TP (Turboprop) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 119 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | departure : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 150 |
| ASRS Report | 489423 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Upon climbing through 10000 ft during departure from lga en route to btv, left side cockpit window cracked resulting in windshield heat failure. Completed review of pilot's quick reference handbook, declared emergency and returned to lga. Landed without further incident. Cockpit window cracks are apparently common occurrence on this aircraft. Suggest redesign of windows.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DORNIER 328 ON INITIAL CLB AT 10000 FT, DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED, DUE TO THE L SIDE COCKPIT WINDOW CRACKED.
Narrative: UPON CLBING THROUGH 10000 FT DURING DEP FROM LGA ENRTE TO BTV, L SIDE COCKPIT WINDOW CRACKED RESULTING IN WINDSHIELD HEAT FAILURE. COMPLETED REVIEW OF PLT'S QUICK REF HANDBOOK, DECLARED EMER AND RETURNED TO LGA. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. COCKPIT WINDOW CRACKS ARE APPARENTLY COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THIS ACFT. SUGGEST REDESIGN OF WINDOWS.
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.