# SDR AHTA20210408001

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 1, 2021
- Submitted: April 8, 2021
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N109N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N109N), registered now
- Make and model: Beech 400A
- Registry model: [Beech 400A](https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-beechcraft-400a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: N109NS
- Aircraft time: 7,107 hours, 6,808 cycles
- System (JASC): [5610 · Flight Compartment Windows](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5610)
- Part: Windshield
- Part number: LA45AS31001023
- Part serial: 10019
- Condition: Broken
- Location: Cockpit
- Part time: 7,107 hours, 6,808 cycles
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AHTA20210408001

## Discrepancy

JUST AS WE HAD LEVELED OFF AT 17,000 FEET AT APPROXIMATELY 1820Z ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTH OF ORL WE HEARD A VERY LOUD BANG AND THE PILOT SIDE WINDSCREEN HAD COMPLETELY SHATTERED THE OUTER GLASS PANE. WE WERE BETWEEN LAYERS IN CLEAR AIR. IT WAS A VERY WARM DAY, PROBABLY ISA PLUS 15. I WAS OFF COMM ONE GETTING THE ATIS. AS SOON AS IT HAPPENED I IMMEDIATELY LEANED OVER THE PEDESTAL AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL AFTER WE LANDED. FROM OVER THE PEDESTAL I COMMUNICATED WITH ATC, RAN THE CHECKLISTS, AND PROGRAMMED THE FMS TO THE NEW AIRPORT AND NEW APPROACH. I INSTRUCTED TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT TO THE 160 RANGE AS SOON AS HE COULD. I REQUESTED AN IMMEDIATE VECTOR TO A SUITABLE AIRPORT WITH EQUIPMENT AND ALSO ONE THAT WAS VMC. I ASKED FOR EQUIPMENT TO BE ROLLED AND PLACED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PLANE. HE HAD A VERY GOOD IDEA TO PLACE THE SUN SHADE BETWEEN THE WINDOW AND ME. WE DID THAT. ON INTERCEPT I FOUND US STILL 2000 FEET HIGH AND STILL FAST. I TOLD ATC WE WERE GOING TO PERFORM A LEFT 270 ACROSS FINAL. THIS WAY HE COULD FLY NORMAL SPEEDS AND NORMAL ALTITUDES. I WANTED HIS APPROACH TO BE COMPLETELY FAMILIAR. HE REQUESTED I MONITOR HIS INSTRUMENTS AND CALL OUT SPEEDS ALL THE WAY DOWN FINAL. I DID THAT. HE LANDED UNEVENTFUL.

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