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Flight crew ferrying an MD80 heard loud noises from over the newly replaced captain's windshield during initial climb after takeoff. Company maintenance was contacted and advised that it was ok to continue to the maintenance base location. It was discovered after landing that the new windshield sealant had peeled off the aircraft causing the engines to be inspected for possible foreign object damage ingestion.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 384340 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199710 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : las |
| State Reference | NV |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 50 agl bound upper : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : las |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 10500 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 384340 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
First flight after captain's windshield change. Immediately after takeoff very loud noises heard from area around left windshield panel. Noise sounded like something tearing then loud slapping and pounding noises against roof and sides of cockpit. Maintenance contacted via radio and advised us that mylar tape was probably peeling off new windshield and that it should be safe to continue flight to lax. Upon arrival in lax it was found that sealant around windshield was not cured and large chunks had peeled off with tape. Logbook entry made and lax maintenance planned to inspect engines for foreign object damage.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC FERRYING AN MD80 HEARD LOUD NOISES FROM OVER THE NEWLY REPLACED CAPT'S WINDSHIELD DURING INITIAL CLB AFTER TKOF. COMPANY MAINT WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT IT WAS OK TO CONTINUE TO THE MAINT BASE LOCATION. IT WAS DISCOVERED AFTER LNDG THAT THE NEW WINDSHIELD SEALANT HAD PEELED OFF THE ACFT CAUSING THE ENGS TO BE INSPECTED FOR POSSIBLE FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE INGESTION.
Narrative: FIRST FLT AFTER CAPT'S WINDSHIELD CHANGE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF VERY LOUD NOISES HEARD FROM AREA AROUND L WINDSHIELD PANEL. NOISE SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING TEARING THEN LOUD SLAPPING AND POUNDING NOISES AGAINST ROOF AND SIDES OF COCKPIT. MAINT CONTACTED VIA RADIO AND ADVISED US THAT MYLAR TAPE WAS PROBABLY PEELING OFF NEW WINDSHIELD AND THAT IT SHOULD BE SAFE TO CONTINUE FLT TO LAX. UPON ARR IN LAX IT WAS FOUND THAT SEALANT AROUND WINDSHIELD WAS NOT CURED AND LARGE CHUNKS HAD PEELED OFF WITH TAPE. LOGBOOK ENTRY MADE AND LAX MAINT PLANNED TO INSPECT ENGS FOR FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE.
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.