Service difficulty report · Windshield · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
July 26, 2007
Submitted
September 5, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N259QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
159
Aircraft time
5,711 hours, 3,513 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
SPSF2M322
Part serial
446
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Part time
5,711 hours, 3,513 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

AT FL430 AFTER APPOX. 4 HOURS OF FLT TIME, THE COPILOT'S FRONT WINDSCREEN SHATTERED BUT DID NOT BREAK AWAY COMPLETELY. NO PRESSURIZATION WAS LOST. REPLACED CO-PILOT'S FRONT WINDSCREEN PANEL WITH A NEW PANEL PER F2000 MM 56-102. OPS CHECK WINDSHIELD HEAT GOOD LEAK CHECKED GOOD.