# Incident 20250305002009I: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2C10, Denver, CO, March 5, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2025, 11:16 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 39.8617° N, 104.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENVER INTL (DEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8617&lon=-104.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N776SK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N776SK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2C10 (registry code 1390015, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2c10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-8C5B1 (registry code 30052, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-8c5b1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2C10
- Reported engine: GE CF34-8C5B1
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250305002009I

## Narrative

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

ON 03/05/2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:16 MST THE CRJ700 AIRCRAFT, WHILE CRUISING AT 36,000 FEET THE CAPTAIN’S WINDSHIELD HEATING ELEMENT AT THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE WINDSHIELD BEGAN SHORTING OUT. APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS LATER THE OUTER PLY OF WINDSHIELD LAMINATE SHATTERED. THE FIRST OFFICER TOOK OVER FLYING THE AIRCRAFT SINCE HIS WINDSHIELD WAS CLEAR. FOLLOWING QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK (QRH) PROCEDURES THE CREW CONTACTED DISPATCH, DESCENDED TO 28,000 FEET, AND DIVERTED TO DENVER, CO (DEN). NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED; HOWEVER, THE PRELIMINARY ACCIDENT/INCIDENT NOTICE STATED THAT “D01 MADE THE AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY”. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT DEN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

MAINTENANCE AT DEN REPLACED THE CAPTAIN’S WINDSHIELD AND PERFORMED REQUIRED OPERATIONAL TESTING. ALL PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED.

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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