Service difficulty report · Windshield · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
November 8, 2001
Submitted
December 12, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft time
14,104 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Part
Windshield
Part number
10138402521
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) THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE AT FLIGHT LEVEL 290, APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES NW OF SUDBURY, ONTARIO, ENROUTE FROM THUNDER BAY TO THETFORD MINES, QUEBEC, WHEN THE LT WINDSHIELD INNER PANE SHATTERED. THE CREW REDUCED PRESSURIZATION TO 4 PSI DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE AS PER FLIGHT MANUAL PROCEDURES AND DIVERTED TO QUEBEC CITY.THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE WINDSHIELD HEAT WAS IN THE "HIGH" SELECTION AND THAT THE OAT WAS -36 DEGREES C AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE.