What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: bird strike/right front cockpit windshield damaged. On departure from lincoln, Nebraska (lnk), the pilots of N707JC heard a "thud" at the right front windshield and assumed a bird strike had occurred with no apparent damage. During climb out and passing through FL270 the pilots heard a loud "cracking" noise at the right front windshield. Kansas City center was notified that the airplane had a pending windshield window failure and the aircraft diverted to Kansas City, Missouri, N707JC landed at mkc without further incident. The aircraft was examined by maintenance personnel and they found that the outside panel of the right front cockpit windshield had cracked; however, the inside panel was intact. The aircraft was flown to dallas, Texas where the damaged windshield was replaced. This incident number CE98IGA0018 is closed.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: BIRD STRIKE/RIGHT FRONT COCKPIT WINDSHIELD DAMAGED. ON DEPARTURE FROM LINCOLN, NEBRASKA (LNK), THE PILOTS OF N707JC HEARD A "THUD" AT THE RIGHT FRONT WINDSHIELD AND ASSUMED A BIRD STRIKE HAD OCCURRED WITH NO APPARENT DAMAGE. DURING CLIMB OUT AND PASSING THROUGH FL270 THE PILOTS HEARD A LOUD "CRACKING" NOISE AT THE RIGHT FRONT WINDSHIELD. KANSAS CITY CENTER WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD A PENDING WINDSHIELD WINDOW FAILURE AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, N707JC LANDED AT MKC WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXAMINED BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AND THEY FOUND THAT THE OUTSIDE PANEL OF THE RIGHT FRONT COCKPIT WINDSHIELD HAD CRACKED; HOWEVER, THE INSIDE PANEL WAS INTACT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO DALLAS, TEXAS WHERE THE DAMAGED WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED. THIS INCIDENT NUMBER CE98IGA0018 IS CLOSED.