SDR 2021F00271

Service difficulty report · Window · Gulstm GVSP

Difficulty date
May 26, 2021
Submitted
July 2, 2021
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N510SP
Make and model
Gulstm GVSP
Aircraft serial
1183
Aircraft time
12,156 hours, 6,268 cycles
Part
Window
Part number
159SCCE10317
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
Part time
12,156 hours, 6,268 cycles
Component
Emergency Windo · Gulstm
Component part number
1159CE20034333
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

DURING FLIGHT FROM KAPF TO KHYA AT FL041 THE LH NO. 2 EMERGENCY WINDOW OUTER WINDOW PANE EXPERIENCED A PREMATURE COMPONENT FAILURE CRACKING. PIECES OF THE WINDOW PANE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. NO LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURIZATION OCCURRED AND THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY DECENT FOR SAFETY MEASURES AND DIVERTED TO KMCO. NO OTHER ABNORMAL PROCEDURES OR ACTIONS WERE TAKEN BY THE CREW SINCE THERE WERE NO OTHER INDICATIONS OF ANY OTHER SECONDARY ISSUES OR MALFUNCTIONING SYSTEMS OR COMPONENTS. AFTER LANDING SAFELY AT KMCO AND UPON THE POST FLIGHT WALK AROUND THE CREW DISCOVERED THAT THE LH ENGINE HAD EVIDENCE OF INGESTING PIECES OF THE WINDOW AND A FEW FAN BLADES HAD DAMAGE TO THEM.