Service difficulty report · Windshield · Beech B200

Difficulty date
January 26, 2010
Submitted
March 1, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft time
5,046 hours
Engine
Pwa PT642A
Part
Windshield
Part number
10138402523
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
972 hours
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) DURING CLIMB, PILOT HEARD AND THEN NOTICED THE LT WINDSHIELD HAD CRACKED. PILOT RETURNED TO AIRPORT. MX DETERMINED OUTER PANE HAD MULTIPLE CRACKS, MOSTLY VERTICAL, PARALLEL TO AND SLIGHTLY OTBD OF WINDSHIELD WIPER. HAVE SEEN OTHER WINDSHIELDS FAIL WITH SPIDERWEB CRACKING OVER 100 PERCENT OF THE SURFACE. THIS CRACKING WAS NOT TYPICAL OF THAT FAILURE.

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