What was found
COPILOT'S WINDSHIELD INNER PANE OF GLASS SHATTERED IN-FLIGHT AT 35,000 FEET. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT TEN MINUTES LATER. WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- February 5, 1997
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N59AH
- Make and model
- Beech 300BEECH
- Aircraft serial
- FA197
- System (JASC)
- 5610 · Flight Compartment Windows
- Part
- Windshield
- Part number
- 10138402516
- Condition
- Shattered
- Location
- Copilot Inner
- Part time
- 1,689 hours
- Stage of operation
- CR
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.