Service difficulty report · Window · Bag JETSTM3212

Difficulty date
September 29, 2004
Submitted
March 3, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bag JETSTM3212
Aircraft time
16,550 hours
Part
Window
Part number
1379628C402
Condition
Crazed
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) AT 21000 FT IN CRUISING CONFIGURATION, THE RT WINDSHIELD SUDDENLY CRAZED. THE WINDSHIELD RETAINED ITS SHAPE AND THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN CABIN PRESSURE. DESCENT WAS COMMENCED AND THE CABIN ALTITUDE WAS INCREASED TO REDUCE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE. QRH WAS CONSULTED AND A NORMAL DESCENT AND LANDING WAS CARRIED OUT AT FORT SMITH AIRPORT WITH NO FURTHER CHANGE IN THE STATUS OF THE WINDSHIELD. A MAINTENANCE INSPECTION CONFIRMED THE OUTER AND INNER PLY TO BE INTACT. THIS WINDSHIELD HAD BEEN REPAIRED JANUARY 2004 AND INSTALLED IN THE AIRCRAFT MARCH 2004.