SDR 2022F00514

Service difficulty report · Window · Hawbee 4000

Difficulty date
November 27, 2022
Submitted
December 14, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N3663T
Make and model
Hawbee 4000
Aircraft serial
RC55
Aircraft time
1,856 hours, 1,026 cycles
Part
Window
Part number
4013840010010
Part serial
07081H9414
Condition
Fractured
Location
Cockpit
Part time
1,865 hours, 1,026 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER DEPARTURE IN CLIMB THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 12000 FT. COPILOTS SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED. FLIGHT CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO ORIGIN AIRPORT, WHILE STILL IN FLIGHT FLIGHT CREW REPORTS SEEING SPARKS AND BURNING SMELL COMING FROM WINDOW AND WINDOW CONTINUING TO CRACK WHILE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT. COPILOTS SIDE WINDOW P/N 401-384001-0010 S/N 07081H9414 HAD SAME TSN AS THE AIRCRAFT. THE ISSUE OF SHATTERING PILOTS AND COPILOTS SIDE WINDOWS IN THE HAWKER 4000 CONTINUES TO BE AN UNRESOLVED PROBLEM IN THIS MODEL AIRCRAFT. TEXTRON (TC HOLDER) AND PPG WINDOW MFG. HAVE NOT YET EXAMINED THE WINDOW OR SUGGESTED ANY NEW INSPECTIONS TO THE WINDOW OR THE WINDOW FRAME FOR THIS ONGOING HAZARD TO PILOTS SAFETY IN THE COCKPIT.