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A crj-200 first officer reported a developing crack on his windshield at FL280. After contacting maintenance; a decision was made to divert and an emergency declared.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 874421 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201002 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Cockpit Window |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
At FL280 we discovered a developing crack on the front windscreen on the first officer's side. We then started a precautionary descent down to 11000'. During this time we contacted maintenance. After discussing our options we decided that the safest option was to divert. We contacted ATC and declared an emergency.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CRJ-200 First Officer reported a developing crack on his windshield at FL280. After contacting Maintenance; a decision was made to divert and an emergency declared.
Narrative: At FL280 we discovered a developing crack on the front windscreen on the First Officer's side. We then started a precautionary descent down to 11000'. During this time we contacted Maintenance. After discussing our options we decided that the safest option was to divert. We contacted ATC and declared an emergency.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.