Service difficulty report · Windshield · Beech B200

Difficulty date
November 5, 2024
Submitted
November 8, 2024
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N793DC
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft serial
BB1404
Aircraft time
19,069 hours, 24,148 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6*
Propeller
Hartzl HCD4N3A
Part
Windshield
Condition
Fractured
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
CR
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

AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 16,000 FT ENROUTE KBZN FROM KBIL WHEN THE RIGHT (COPILOT) WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. AT THAT TIME, THE FLIGHT CREW RETURNED TO KBIL AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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