What was found
PILOT'S GLASS WINDSHIELD SHOWED SIGNS OF OVERHEATING AT UPPER CENTER EDGE CAUSING COMPLETE CRACKING OF WINDSHIELD IN A SPIDER WEB FASHION. THE WINDSHIELD REMAINED STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO LAND WITHOUT INCIDENT.
- Difficulty date
- March 8, 2006
- Submitted
- March 8, 2006
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N430SA
- Make and model
- Cessna 650
- Aircraft serial
- 6507041
- Aircraft time
- 6,269 hours, 2,877 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5610 · Flight Compartment Windows
- Part
- Windshield
- Part number
- 99143809
- Part serial
- 98238H5492
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Cockpit
- Part time
- 6,269 hours, 2,877 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.