Service difficulty report · Windshield · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
December 13, 2025
Submitted
December 18, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N661WD
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK94
Aircraft time
5,681 hours, 4,549 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT15D5
Part
Windshield
Part number
45AS3100124
Part serial
01267H8799
Condition
Delaminated
Location
Zone 200
Part time
78 hours, 57 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE RIGHT WINDSHIELD SHOWED SIGNS OF DELAMINATION SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING PWN. AFTER LANDING AT BNA A PICTURE WAS SENT TO DIR. OF MAINTENANCE AND TRIP SUPPORT, AND WE WERE ADVISED TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT BACK TO BASE, AT FL 360 WE HEARD A LOUD CRACKING NOISE, UPON INSPECTION, THE WINDSHIELD DELAMINATION APPEARED TO HAVE PROGRESSED. FROM THE COCKPIT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ACCURATELY ASSES THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE, AS CRACKING WAS VISIBLE FROM THE INSIDE. ACCORDING TO THE APPLICABLE CHECKLIST, WE CONTINUED AND COMPLETED THE FLIGHT UNPRESSURIZED AT 15.000 FEET.

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