Service difficulty report · Windshield · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
February 7, 2006
Submitted
February 10, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N181CW
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1001
Aircraft time
13,363 hours, 6,811 cycles
Engine
Rroyce TAY6118
Part
Windshield
Part number
1159SCB310212
Part serial
99131H7132
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
6,058 hours, 3,128 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 889856, DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL 400 THE OUTER PLY OF THE CO-PILOTS WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. THE CREW DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED THE AIRCRAFT WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPORTED TO HAVE AN APPEARANCE OF BEING OVERHEATED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE CO-PILOTS WINDSHIELD, AND TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER. THE REMOVED TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER IS A PN 574-3, WITH SN 0959. OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF THE WINDSHIELD HEAT SYSTEM WERE GOOD, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.