Service difficulty report · Windshield · Beech B200

Difficulty date
December 7, 2005
Submitted
December 12, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N616TA
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft serial
BB1749
Aircraft time
3,680 hours, 3,157 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6*
Part
Windshield
Part number
10138402523
Part serial
00335H5008
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
3,680 hours, 3,157 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

TRIP ID NR 934736 WINDSHIELD HEAT WAS TURNED ON AT 10,000 FT WITH AN OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE OF + 2 DEGREES CELSIUS. AFTER REACHING CRUISE ALTITUDE OF FL 250 THE PILOTS SIDE WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. THE CREW DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AN EMERGENCY DESCENT WAS PERFORMED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING WAS MADE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LT PILOTS WINDSHIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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