Service difficulty report · Windshield · Gulstm G1159A

Difficulty date
August 25, 2001
Submitted
September 17, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Gulstm G1159A
Aircraft time
5,435 hours
Engine
Rroyce SPEY5118
Part
Windshield
Part number
1159SCV51022
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING CRUISE AT FL410 PILOT HEARD A "BANG" AT WHICH POINT HE NOTICED THE LEFT SIDE FORWARD WIND SCREEN WAS CRACKED. AIRCRAFT SPEED, ALTITUDE AND PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL WAS REDUCED AS PER THE AFM AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS COMPLETED. SUSPECT CRACKING IS BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED FROM LOCALIZED SHORTING / BURNING OF THE INTEGRAL ANTI-ICE ELEMENT.