# Incident 20081009852459I: Gulstm 680, Pittsburgh, PA, October 9, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2008, 14:35 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Pittsburgh International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4914° N, 80.2327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PITTSBURGH INTL (PIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4914&lon=-80.2327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N680VR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 680
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081009852459I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON OCTOBER 9, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1435 EASTERN TIME, A CESSNA 680, N680VR, CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, FLYING FROM GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI GREENWOOD-LEFLORE AIRPORT (KGWO) TO SYRACUSE, NEW YORK SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KSYR), WHILE DESCENDING FROM FLIGHT LEVEL 370 THE COPILOT'S WINDSHIELD SHATTERED.  AFTERWARDS, THE CREW DOWNED THEIR OXYGEN MASK AND DEPLOYED THE PASSENGER'S OXYGEN.  THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KPIT) AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 32 WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT RESCUE FIRE FIGHTING (ARFF) UNITS HAD RESPONDED YET WERE NOT UTILIZED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW OR PASSENGERS.  AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE COPILOT'S OUTER WINDSHIELD WAS SHATTERED.  AT THE TOP CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD WAS A CRATER IN THE GLASS WITH EVIDENCE OF HEAT DAMAGE TO THE GLASS, BEADING OF THE HEATING ELEMENT, AND HEAT DAMAGE TO RUBBER SEAL.  THERE WAS ALSO A RESIDUE COLLECTED AT THE TOP RIGHT OF THE WINDSHIELD WHICH WAS EXTRUDED THROUGH THE CRACKS IN THE UPPER RIGHT SECTION OF THE WINDSHIELD.  THE FLIGHT CREW'S ACTIONS OR LACK OF ACTIONS DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS INCIDENT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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