Service difficulty report · Windshield · Gulstm G280

Difficulty date
March 26, 2025
Submitted
March 26, 2025
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N92FT
Make and model
Gulstm G280
Aircraft serial
2234
Aircraft time
1,634 hours, 920 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
NP17820118
Part serial
20119H0449
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
Part time
1,634 hours, 920 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

CRUISING ALONG AT FLIGHT LEVEL 410 AT MACH.83 OUR CO PILOT WINDSHIELD CRACKED. CREW DONNED OXYGEN MASK, AND GOOGLES AND ELECTED TO BEGIN A DESCENT TO FL250 AND REDUCED AIRSPEED. ADVISED ATC OF CURRENT EVENTS AND THEY CLEARED AIRCRAFT TO REQUESTED FLIGHT LEVEL 250. CREW CHECKED PRESSURIZATION AND PRESSURIZATION WAS NOT COMPROMISED. ON THE DESCENT CREW WENT THRU THE CRACKED WINDSHIELD CHECKLIST AND COMPLETED ALL TASK. CHECKLIST DOES NOT STATE TO LAND IMMEDIATELY OR AT NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT. CREW DEEMED IT SAFE TO CONTINUE FLIGHT TO JAX. UPON REACHING JACKSONVILLE CENTER, JACKSONVILLE CENTER ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY FOR CREW OF 92FT. CREW DID QUERY AND STATE WE WERE NOT DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, BUT ATC DECLARED IT FOR CREW. CREW LANDED AIRCRAFT SAFELY IN JAX WITH NO OTHER ISSUES.