Air leak at rear of cockpit window.

Attributes
ACN	275177
Time
Date	199406
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lax tower : ord
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : takeoff ground : preflight
Route In Use	arrival other departure other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	275177
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On takeoff roll air leak developed along rear of captain's sliding window. Continued takeoff climb and level off to assess the problem. Noise level precluded proper communication. It was not possible to close the window. Made an overweight landing at lax at 410000 pounds. Landing was smooth with a sink rate of 100 FPM. Returned to the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AIR LEAK AT REAR OF COCKPIT WINDOW.

Narrative: ON TKOF ROLL AIR LEAK DEVELOPED ALONG REAR OF CAPT'S SLIDING WINDOW. CONTINUED TKOF CLB AND LEVEL OFF TO ASSESS THE PROB. NOISE LEVEL PRECLUDED PROPER COM. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO CLOSE THE WINDOW. MADE AN OVERWT LNDG AT LAX AT 410000 LBS. LNDG WAS SMOOTH WITH A SINK RATE OF 100 FPM. RETURNED TO THE GATE.

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.