# SDR 97ZZZX4296

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 4, 1997
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N98RP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98RP), registered now
- Make and model: Gulstm G1159A
- Aircraft serial: 328
- System (JASC): [5610 · Flight Compartment Windows](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5610)
- 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
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX4296

## Discrepancy

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.

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