Service difficulty report · Windshield · Cessna 172G

Difficulty date
February 23, 2018
Submitted
March 23, 2018
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N6014R
Make and model
Cessna 172G
Aircraft serial
17253683
Aircraft time
5,585 hours
Engine
Cont O300D
Engine time
411 hours
Part
Windshield
Condition
Cracked
Location
Occkpit
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
D
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ENROUTE AT 4500FT TO KSNA FROM KSEE. APPROXIMATELY 10 NM OUT A CRACK APPEARED ON THE WINDSCREEN JUST ABOVE THE PILOT'S AIR VENT. THE CRACK APPEARED TO BE MOVING FROM LEFT SIDE OF THE WIND SCREEN TO RIGHT SIDE. SLOWED TO 90 KTS AND MONITORED THE CRACK. CLOSEST AVAILABLE AIRPORT WAS KSNA. WHEN INSTRUCTED BY SOCAL, CONTACTED KSNA AND REQUESTED LEFT DOWNWIND TO RWY 20L FULLSTOP. INSTRUCTED TO REPORT FOR LEFT DOWNWIND TO 20L. AT ROUGHLY 2600FT 3NM SOUTH OF KSNA HEARD A LOUD NOISE LOOKED UP FOUND APPROX 18" X10" OVAL SHAPED PIECE MISSING FROM THE UPPER LEFT PORTION OF OF WINDSCREEN, NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTICED, WHICH DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. INFORMED KSNA, PART OF MY WINDSCREEN WAS LOST AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THEN WAS GIVEN RWY 20R CLEARED TO LAND. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. NO INDICATION OF A BIRD STRIKE NOR AT ANY TIME IMPLIED AS A BIRD STRIKE.

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