Service difficulty report · Windshield · Swrngn SA226TC

Difficulty date
January 11, 2007
Submitted
August 3, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Swrngn SA226TC
Aircraft time
30,847 hours
Engine
Garrtt TPE33110UA
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4N3
Part
Windshield
Part number
2719442003
Part serial
SPG433
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
3,016 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) UPON LANDING THE FLIGHT CREW WITNESSED THE LT HEATED WINDSHIELD CRACK FROM THE LOWER RT CORNER TO THE UPPER CENTER PORTION OF THE WINDOW. THE LANDING WAS REPORTED AS NORMAL AND NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS WERE NOTICED PRIOR TO FAILURE OF THE WINDOW. UPON INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE, THE WINDOW WAS FOUND CORRECTLY INSTALLED AND TRIMMED TO FIT CORRECTLY. THE ATTACHING SCREWS WERE TORQUE CHECKED AND A FEW WERE FOUND SLIGHTLY UNDERTORQUED. IT IS UNLIKELY THIS CAUSED THE FAILURE AS THIS OPERATOR HAS HAD SEVERAL IN FLIGHT HEATED WINDSHIELD FAILURES WITHIN THE LAST 24 MONTHS. ANOTHER OPERATOR OPERATING SIMILAR AIRCRAFT IN THE PNR HAS REPORTED INCREASED FAILURES AS WELL OF THESE HEATED WINDSHIELDS. THE WINDSHIELD IS B