SDR CHQA200800074

Service difficulty report · Windshield · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date: April 10, 2008
Submitted: April 14, 2008
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N285SK
Make and model: Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial: 145435
Aircraft time: 18,152 hours, 14,781 cycles
Engine: Allsn AE3007A
Engine time: 13,914 hours, 12,192 cycles
System (JASC): 5610 · Flight Compartment Windows
Part: Windshield
Part number: 163500109
Part serial: 2369
Condition: Cracked
Location: Cockpit
Part time: 18,168 hours, 14,791 cycles
Stage of operation: CR
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

FLIGHT 5801, BDL TO CLE - IN CRUISE AT FL240, WITH WINDSHIELD HEAT ON, THE CREW HEARD A LOUD POP AND NOTICED THAT THE CAPTAIN'S WINDSHIELD HAD SHATTERED (SPIDER WEBBED). THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO SYR AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD AND PRESSURE CHECKED THE AIRCRAFT, AND THERE WERE NO FURTHER DEFECTS.

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