# SDR 2024FA0000824

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: November 8, 2024
- Submitted: November 8, 2024
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N581EA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N581EA), registered now
- Make and model: Beech 200CBEECH
- Aircraft serial: BL143
- Aircraft time: 12,293 hours, 9,117 cycles
- System (JASC): [5610 · Flight Compartment Windows](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5610)
- Part: Windshield
- Part number: 10138402523
- Part serial: 19204H9781
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Zone 200
- Part time: 2,530 hours, 1,836 cycles
- Stage of operation: AP
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: C
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2024FA0000824

## Discrepancy

DURING APPROACH TO KELP THE PILOTS WINDSHIELD SUFFERED A BIRD STRIKE WHICH SHATTERED THE OUTER PANE OF THE WINDSHIELD. NO LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION WAS NOTED OR LOSS OF FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT KELP.

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