Service difficulty report · Windshield · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
March 19, 2017
Submitted
March 23, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N45EJ
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
080
Aircraft time
3,966 hours, 2,908 cycles
Engine
Hnywl TFE73120AR
Engine time
3,966 hours, 2,908 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
6656100000010
Part serial
2598
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
3,466 hours, 2,788 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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.

What was found

ON CLIMB OUT 22 MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING THROUGH FL 320 ABOUT TO LEVEL OFF AT 330 WHEN A LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN CRACKING OF THE OUTER PANE OF THE COPILOTS WINDSHIELD. THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN CABIN PRESSURE. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN TUS WITH NO ISSUE.