Service difficulty report · Windscreen · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
March 7, 2025
Submitted
April 2, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N304PT
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft serial
304
Aircraft time
7,089 hours, 6,350 cycles
Engine
Pwc PT6A67B
Engine time
7,040 hours, 6,374 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Windscreen
Part number
9598110107
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
Part time
7,089 hours, 6,350 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON MARCH 7, 2025, AT ABOUT 17:30 LOCAL ALASKA TIME, WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL270 ENROUTE FROM SCAMMON BAY, AK, RETURNING TO ANCHORAGE, AK, PILATUS PC12-45 N304PT SUFFERED A CRACK IN THE CAPTAIN'S FWD MAIN WINDSCREEN. MOMENTS LATER, DURING THE DESCENT INITIATED TO DEPRESSURIZE THE CABIN, THE CAPTAIN'S FWD MAIN WINDSCREEN COMPLETELY BLEW OUT FROM THE AIRCRAFT AT ABOUT FL240. THE CAPTAIN CONTINUED THE CONTROLLED DESCENT AND MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING IN SLEETMUTE, AK.