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An E135 crew, departing dca, experienced a shattered outer layer to the captain's cockpit window, spawning a return to dca.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 563200 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200210 |
| Day | Wed |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dca.airport |
| State Reference | DC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : iad.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 135 ER&LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 563200 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : windshield heat strip other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
During initial climb out, noticed the left side windshield heat strip glowing. Checklist led to shutting the heat off. Approximately 10 seconds later, the left side outer pane shattered. Xferred control to the first officer, declared an emergency and returned to dca.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN E135 CREW, DEPARTING DCA, EXPERIENCED A SHATTERED OUTER LAYER TO THE CAPT'S COCKPIT WINDOW, SPAWNING A RETURN TO DCA.
Narrative: DURING INITIAL CLBOUT, NOTICED THE L SIDE WINDSHIELD HEAT STRIP GLOWING. CHKLIST LED TO SHUTTING THE HEAT OFF. APPROX 10 SECONDS LATER, THE L SIDE OUTER PANE SHATTERED. XFERRED CTL TO THE FO, DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO DCA.
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.