ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 370265
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| Date: | Friday 16 February 2007 |
| Time: | 13:35 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A319-111 |
| Owner/operator: | Frontier Airlines |
| Registration: | N927FR |
| MSN: | 2209 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9950 hours |
| Engine model: | CFM International CFM56 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Denver International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Denver International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN) |
| San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the captain, the airplane had just departed and was making a turn to a heading of 270 degrees when they noticed the first officer's windshield cracking and beginning to arc. The captain alerted Air Traffic Control that they were returning to the airport and noticed that his windshield was also cracking, but not arcing. The first officer's windscreen stopped arcing and the flight crew landed the airplane without further incident. During the course of the afternoon, 14 airplanes experienced 26 fractured windshields. One flight crew reported that during the landing roll they "heard a loud thump" and observed the first officer's window "spider web." They did not observe anything impacting the windscreen. Another flight crew reported taxiing through "dirt and dust being blown around." Examination of the windshields revealed that the impact markings on all 26 windshields were the result of impact with foreign object debris (FOD). No pre-impact anomalies were noted with any of the windshields. Winds at the time of the event were reported as 280 degrees to 030 degrees with sustained winds between 28 and 36 knots. Wind gusts as high as 44 knots were recorded.
Probable Cause: Fracturing of the aircraft windscreens due to impact with foreign object debris. Contributing to the event was the high, gusty surface winds.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN07IA069
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 October 2005 | N927FR | Frontier Airlines | 0 | Denver International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN) | |
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| 25-Mar-2024 08:49 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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