Service difficulty report · Windshield · Beech B200

Difficulty date
January 6, 2003
Submitted
January 6, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N773TP
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft serial
BB1722
Aircraft time
905 hours, 1,111 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
10138402521
Part serial
69H2396
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
905 hours, 1,111 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

FOUND 3 INCH CRACK ACROSS LOWER,OUTSIDE CORNER OF OUTSIDE GLASS PANEL WITH SOME DELAMINATION EXTENDING 3 INCHES OUT OF SAME CORNER. TECHNICIAN BELIEVES CONTINUAL RETORQING OF WINDSHIELD SCREWS CALLED OUT BY RAYTHEON CAUSED THE CRACK AND INCREASES THE CHANCES OF DELAMINATION. NO OTHER AIRCRAFT THAT HE HAS SERVICED IN HIS 35 YEAR CAREER HAS HAD THIS REQUIREMENT AND HAS REPLACED SEVERAL KING AIR WINDSHIELDS.

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