Service difficulty report · Windshield · Gulstm GV

Difficulty date
October 24, 2014
Submitted
October 24, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N545CC
Make and model
Gulstm GV
Aircraft serial
545
Aircraft time
7,984 hours, 2,906 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
1159SCB51021
Part serial
04119H3371
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Part time
4,788 hours, 1,786 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ACFT WAS ON A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 22 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, AND AFTER LEVELING OFF AT FL400, CREW NOTED DISCOLORATION IN THE UPPER RT CORNER OF THE PILOTS WINDSHIELD. THE DISCOLORATION GREW, UNTIL THE THE WINDSHIELD ULTIMATELY FAILED, CRACKING THE OUTER PANE. CREW FOLLOWED THE QRH AND DONNED O2 MASKS AND DESCENDED TO FL280 FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT.