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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Learjet 60 · Ft.Lauderdale, FL · December 13, 2010

Date
December 13, 2010 · 20:46 local
Place
Ft.Lauderdale, FL
Airport
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N7734T
Reported as
Learjet 60
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada 305 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
7,278 total926 in this make and model106 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On outbound trip from Texas to panama at cruise level 410 the PIC noticed that the left windshield was starting to delaminate and it was spreading. As a precautionary measure she decided to lower the aircraft altitude to 260 .once the altitude was lowered the left windshield defog annunicator light illuminated and she responded by pulling the circuit breakers for the left windshield heat. The aircraft landed in panama and the left windshield defog system was checked out and verified to be inop by a mechanic. The operator decided to fly the aircraft back to the Bombardier faciliy at fll to troubleshoot the system. Maintenance personel determined that the windshield defog box assy was defective and both the left windshield and windshield defog box assy was replaced. Ops and leak check was performed satisfactory.

As the FAA filed it

ON OUTBOUND TRIP FROM TEXAS TO PANAMA AT CRUISE LEVEL 410 THE PIC NOTICED THAT THE LEFT WINDSHIELD WAS STARTING TO DELAMINATE AND IT WAS SPREADING. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE SHE DECIDED TO LOWER THE AIRCRAFT ALTITUDE TO 260 .ONCE THE ALTITUDE WAS LOWERED THE LEFT WINDSHIELD DEFOG ANNUNICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND SHE RESPONDED BY PULLING THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS FOR THE LEFT WINDSHIELD HEAT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN PANAMA AND THE LEFT WINDSHIELD DEFOG SYSTEM WAS CHECKED OUT AND VERIFIED TO BE INOP BY A MECHANIC. THE OPERATOR DECIDED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE BOMBARDIER FACILIY AT FLL TO TROUBLESHOOT THE SYSTEM. MAINTENANCE PERSONEL DETERMINED THAT THE WINDSHIELD DEFOG BOX ASSY WAS DEFECTIVE AND BOTH THE LEFT WINDSHIELD AND WINDSHIELD DEFOG BOX ASSY WAS REPLACED. OPS AND LEAK CHECK WAS PERFORMED SATISFACTORY.