# Incident 20230110001189I: Cessna 680, Sebring, FL, January 10, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2023, 19:50 local time
- Place: Sebring, FL
- Airport: Orlando International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4729° N, 81.4468° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sebring, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4729&lon=-81.4468&mi=10
- Aircraft: N437RB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 680
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW306C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 17,923 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230110001189I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KFLL - KSTP WITH TWO (2) PAX ONBOARD, AS THEY WERE CLIMBING THRU 38000 FT. AGL FOR 40000FT. AGL. HE HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A BOOK HITTING THE DECK, THEN HE NOTICED THE COPILOT WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED AND SPARKING. HE REVIEWED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR A CRACKED WINDSHIELD, WHICH HE FOLLOWED. HE REPORTED IT TO ATC AND REQUESTED TO DIVERT TO KMCO, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT MCO WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO THE CESSNA-TEXTRON SERVICE CENTER LOCATED AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL, TO SEE ABOUT GETTING REPAIRS DONE. THE REPAIRS COULD NOT BE DONE AT THE SERVICE CENTER DUE TO LACK OF REPLACEMENT PARTS. IAW WITH THE CESSNA 680 OPERATIONS MANUAL, THE AIRCRAFT COULD BE FLOWN TO A SERVICE CENTER FOR REPAIRS SINCE ONLY THE OUTER LAYER OF THE WINDSHIELD WAS DAMAGED WITHOUT THE NEED OF A SFP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERMITTED TO FLY TO THE CESSNA-TEXTRON REPAIR FACILITY AT KLEE FOR REPAIRS, THE MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE ON 01/20/2023.

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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