Service difficulty report · Windshield · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
January 27, 2007
Submitted
February 1, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N132YV
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE132
Aircraft time
23,451 hours, 32,515 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
10138402523
Part serial
03150R5398
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
3,729 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
Z
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NR 1 WINDSHIELD CRACKED AT FL 170, JUST PRIOR TO THE START OF DESCENT. CREW DECLARED INFLIGHT EMERGENCY, REVIEWED AND FOLLOWED ABNORMAL CHECKLIST PROCEDURES, AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED. CAPTAIN STATED WINDSHIELD HEAT WAS TURNED ON AT 400' AGL ON DEPARTURE, AND WASN'T CHANGED DURING THE FLIGHT.

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