SDR 96ZZZX754

Service difficulty report · Windshield · Gulstm G1159A

Difficulty date: January 28, 1996
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: General aviation
Aircraft: N300WY
Make and model: Gulstm G1159A
Aircraft serial: 427
System (JASC): 5610 · Flight Compartment Windows
Part: Windshield
Part number: 1159SCB31023
Condition: Cracked
Location: Copilot
Part time: 3,633 hours
Component: PPG
Stage of operation: CR
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: B, A

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

What was found

AT CRUISE, FL 410, WITH WINDSHIELD HEAT ON, OUTER PANE OF COPILOT'S WINDSHIELD SPIDER-CRACKED. THE CREW BEGAN A DESCENT AND LANDED AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT, INSPECTED THE WINDOW AND WITH FLIGHT MANUAL PROVISO, FLEW TO HOME BASE. NO PRIOR WARNING OR INDICATION OF FAILURE WAS PRESENT.