# Incident 20160120001099I: Cessna 510, Savannah, GA, January 20, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2016, 20:55 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Airport: Savannah Hilton Head Internati
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1276° N, 81.2021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAVANNAH/HILTON HEAD INTL (SAV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1276&lon=-81.2021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N814WS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N814WS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 510 (registry code 2076617, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F-A (registry code 52282, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw615f-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 510
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW615F-A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 999 total, 249 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160120001099I

## Narrative

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

ON 01/20/2016 IN LEVEL CRUISE AT FL370 THE PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N814WS, A CESSNA CITATION MUSTANG C510, S/N C51-0032 REPORTED A LOUD BANG IN THE AIRCRAFT AND THE CO-PILOT WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. THE PILOT REPORTS THE WINDSHIELD TO BE OPAQUE, HARD TO SEE THROUGH, DEFORMED IN SHAPE AND BOWED OUT. FEARING THE WINDOW WOULD LIKELY RUPTURE AND CAUSE DEPRESSURIZATION THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND AFTER RECEIVING VECTORS TO KSAV, LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENCE.

## Other reports on N814WS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20150924016209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150924016209I), Sep 24, 2015: Cessna 510 (N814WS), Columbus, OH, Substantial damage. Aircraft entered downwind leg on a visual approach to kosu and reported a possible bird strike. No assistance required at that time. Aircraft landed…

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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