Service difficulty report · Windshield · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
December 30, 2008
Submitted
December 31, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N898TA
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK295
Aircraft time
6,473 hours, 5,554 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
45AS31001023
Part serial
06230H9399
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
Part time
1,423 hours, 1,301 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON FINAL APPROACH PILOTS WINDSCREEN GLASS OUTER PLY CRACKED IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY. 45 MINUTES AFTER LANDING, THE COPILOTS WINDSHIELD ALSO CRACKED. OPEN

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