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First officer's front outer window fails, shatters, while A319 flight is at FL220, 30 mi east of and diverting to bwi, md.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 617283 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200405 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bwi.airport |
| State Reference | MD |
| Altitude | msl single value : 22000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdc.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 617283 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
First officer's outer windshield fractured, then within 5 seconds, shattered. Declared emergency with ATC. Reduced speed, descended early to lower cabin pressure. Diverted to bwi. Remainder of flight, uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO'S FRONT OUTER WINDOW FAILS, SHATTERS, WHILE A319 FLT IS AT FL220, 30 MI E OF AND DIVERTING TO BWI, MD.
Narrative: FO'S OUTER WINDSHIELD FRACTURED, THEN WITHIN 5 SECONDS, SHATTERED. DECLARED EMER WITH ATC. REDUCED SPD, DSNDED EARLY TO LOWER CABIN PRESSURE. DIVERTED TO BWI. REMAINDER OF FLT, UNEVENTFUL.
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.