SDR 97ZZZX4296

Service difficulty report · Windshield · Gulstm G1159A

Difficulty date
September 4, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N98RP
Make and model
Gulstm G1159A
Aircraft serial
328
Part
Windshield
Part number
1159SCB31014
Condition
Shattered
Location
Rt Cockpit
Part time
2,153 hours
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED FLYING AT 41,000 FEET. NOTICED THE WINDSHIELD HEAT LIGHT WAS OUT. RECYCLED CIRCUIT BREAKER AND SWITCHED BACK ON. AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, NOTICED A SMALL CRACK MOVING ACROSS WINDSHIELD, THEN A LOUD POP WAS HEARD AND THE OUTER LAYER SHATTERED INTO A SPIDER WEB PATTERN LEAVING A BURN TRAIL ACROSS THE CENTER. THE CREW SELECTED A LOWER ALTITUDE AND PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL.