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An A320 captain's window began arcing; and then the outer pane shattered as the crew was completing the QRH. An emergency was declared and the flight landed at a nearby airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1158096 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201403 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Window |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
At cruise FL320 and captain's windshield started arcing. Began using QRH procedure for arcing windshield and requested lower as a precaution. Windshield shattered before we could complete QRH procedure. Declared an emergency with ATC and switched to QRH cracked windshield procedure. Since we were relatively close to one of our stations; we had started a descent and determined inner panel of glass was still intact per QRH procedure we continued and landed uneventfully.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A320 Captain's window began arcing; and then the outer pane shattered as the crew was completing the QRH. An emergency was declared and the flight landed at a nearby airport.
Narrative: At cruise FL320 and Captain's windshield started arcing. Began using QRH procedure for arcing windshield and requested lower as a precaution. Windshield shattered before we could complete QRH procedure. Declared an emergency with ATC and switched to QRH cracked windshield procedure. Since we were relatively close to one of our stations; we had started a descent and determined inner panel of glass was still intact per QRH procedure we continued and landed uneventfully.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.