Service difficulty report · Windshield · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
October 17, 2007
Submitted
January 21, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft time
520 hours
Part
Windshield
Part number
NP17820110
Part serial
04327H3006
Condition
Broken
Location
Cockpit
Part time
830 hours
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) PILOT REPORTED RT WINDSHIELD CRACKED ON RETURN. C/O INSPECTION ON RT WINDSHIELD AND COULD NOT FAULT THE WINDSHIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASE FOR RETURN TO SERVICE. THE AIRCRAFT MADE (3) OTHER TRIPS. THE PILOTS REPORTED THE SAME CRACK ON THE RT WINDSHIELD. AGAIN C/O THE INSPECTION ON THE RT WINDSHIELD AND COULD NOT FAULT. PILOTS REPORTED THEY COULD ONLY SEE THE CRACK WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IS AT ALTITUDE. SPOKE TO MFG AND DECIDED TO REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD. THE UNIT REMOVED WILL BE SENT BACK TO MFG AND THEY WILL REPORT ON THE FAILURE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE NEW RT WINDSHIELD WAS INSTALLED AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD SEVERAL FLIGHTS WITH NO FURTHER REPORTS. (TC NR 20071106001)