Service difficulty report · Windshield · Beech B300

Difficulty date
October 26, 2022
Submitted
October 26, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N559LA
Make and model
Beech B300
Aircraft serial
FL1207
Aircraft time
783 hours, 643 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
10138402524
Part serial
19198H9207
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
783 hours, 643 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
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

N559LA PART 91 FLIGHT. ORIGINAL ROUTE WAS KHND – KFAT. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING KHND, THE COPILOTS WINDSHIELD CRACKED, APPROXIMATELY MID WINDOW TOP TO BOTTOM. CREW THEN RETURNED SAFELY TO KHND. WE WERE ABLE TO REPOSITION THE AIRCRAFT TO OUR LONG BEACH REPAIR STATION UNDER KING AIR B300 AFM LIMITATIONS SECTION 2.

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