Skywest CRJ7 near San Francisco on Apr 18th 2016, chilled windscreen

Last Update: April 19, 2016 / 20:43:22 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 18, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Skywest Airlines

Flight number
OO-5336

Departure
San Francisco, United States

Destination
Portland, United States

Aircraft Registration
N740SK

Aircraft Type
Canadair CRJ-700

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ7

A Skywest Canadair CRJ-700 on behalf of United, registration N740SK performing flight OO-5336/UA-5336 from San Francisco,CA to Portland,OR (USA), was climbing out of San Francisco when the crew stopped the climb at FL230 reporting a problem with the windshield heating. The aircraft returned to San Francisco for a safe landing about 35 minutes after departure.

A passenger reported they returned to San Francisco because of a "chilled windscreen". The aircraft departed the gate with a delay of about 30 minutes after maintenance had worked on a maintenance issue. About 20 minutes into the flight the aircraft levelled off and the captain announced they needed to return to San Francisco due to a maintenance issue, the heating at the first officer's windshield had failed disabling them to continue to Portland where icing conditions were expected. The crew provided an "aerial tour of the San Francisco Bay Area for the passengers" and landed safely back. A replacement aircraft was already waiting at the next gate and reached Portland with a delay of about 2 hours.

A replacement CRJ-700 registration N787SK reached Portland with a delay of 123 minutes.

The occurrence aircraft was able to resume service 5 hours after landing.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
N740SK
Country of Registration
United States
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 18, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Skywest Airlines

Flight number
OO-5336

Departure
San Francisco, United States

Destination
Portland, United States

Aircraft Registration
N740SK

Aircraft Type
Canadair CRJ-700

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ7

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