Service difficulty report · Windscreen · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
August 7, 2007
Submitted
September 5, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft time
15,459 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67D
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3I
Part
Windscreen
Part number
10138402523
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) ON CLIMBOUT, PILOTS WINDSCREEN SHATTERED/CRACKED. DEVIATED TO ANOTHER AND DEPLANED PASSENGERS. THE PILOTS INSPECTED THE WINDSCREENS AND DECIDED, BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY MAINTENANCE, OUT OF MM CHAPTER 5, THAT IT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO FERRY FOR WINDSCREEN REPLACEMENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT THE COPILOTS WINDSCREEN WAS DELAMINATED AND HAD SMALL CRACKS IN THE LOWER INSIDE CORNER. IT HAS BEEN CONCLUDED THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME THE WINDSCREEN HEAT HAD BEEN LT ON AND HAD DELAMINATED THE RT WINDSCREEN, IT WAS UNDETERMINED WHAT HAD OCCURRED TO THE LT WINDSCREEN TO CAUSE IT TO SHATTER. (TC NR 20070808003)

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