Service difficulty report · Windshield · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
June 10, 2017
Submitted
June 14, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N852K
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
215
Aircraft time
5,727 hours, 4,123 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
6656100001002
Part serial
0646
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
3,034 hours, 2,225 cycles
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

DURING CLIMB OUT, NOTICED A SMALL CRACK STRETCHED ACROSS THE LOWER HALF OF THE CO-PILOT WINDSHIELD AND JUST AT THE BEGINNING TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE, ANOTHER CRACK CAME FROM THE SAME SPOT OF DELAMINATION AND STRETCHED ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND STOPPED RIGHT BY THE RIGHT EAR OF THE CO-PILOT, COVERING APPROXIMATELY 75% OF THE WINDSCREEN, BUT ONLY JUST ONE CRACK AND NOT A SPIDER CRACK. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. MAINTENANCE IS IN PROGRESS TO REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD.