SDR 98ZZZX732

Service difficulty report · Windshield · Cndair CL6002A12

Difficulty date
January 28, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1824T
Make and model
Cndair CL6002A12
Aircraft serial
3029
Part
Windshield
Part number
6003303019
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Outer Pane
Part time
3,071 hours
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE AT FL 390 THREE HOURS INTO THE FLIGHT, THE LEFT OUTER WINDSCREEN CRACKED. THE CREW DECIDED TO DESCEND TO FL 310. APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES LATER, THE LT PANE CRACKED A SECOND TIME. THE CREW ELECTED TO DESCEND TO 10,000 FEET. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED WITH THE TOWER. THE ACFT CONTINUED TO DALLAS AT REDUCED SPEED. LANDED AT KDAL AT 0018Z (0122-98) WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON EXAMINATION AT DALLAS, THE OUTER PANE OF THE WINDSCREEN WAS MISSING APPROXIMATELY 25 PERCENT OF THE OUTER PLY SURFACE AREA. TC: 1,718.