Service difficulty report · Window · Cessna 680SOV

Difficulty date
August 28, 2021
Submitted
September 2, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N800WS
Make and model
Cessna 680SOV
Aircraft serial
6800049
Aircraft time
6,308 hours, 4,886 cycles
Part
Window
Part number
99143797
Part serial
05144H9862
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit Lt
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE PILOTS SIDE WINDOW MADE A POPPING SOUND AND THEN THE OUTER PANE TO THE SIDE WINDOW CRACKED AND SHATTERED. THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND STARTED A DESCENT FOR LANDING. THE CREW SAID THEY HAD NO PRESSURIZATION ISSUES. THE LANDING WAS WITHOUT EVENT. NO CAUSE WAS FOUND THAT CAUSED THE WINDOW OUTER PANE TO FAIL. THE WINDOW WAS REMOVED AND A NEW WINDOW WAS INSTALLED. OPS CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURN TO SERVICE.