Service difficulty report · Windshield · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
December 1, 2011
Submitted
December 2, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N132QS
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK427
Aircraft time
2,553 hours, 2,407 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
45AS31001024
Part serial
10343H1492
Condition
Unknown
Location
Cockpit
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

ON CLIMBOUT PASSING FL 370 SUDDEN, LOUD, CONTINUOUS HIGH PITCHED NOISE EMANATING FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE FWD PEDESTAL/CENTER INSTRUMENT PANEL AREA. LEVELED AT FL 380, DECLARED EMERGENCY AND BEGAN DESCENT WITH NOISE CONSTANT. PASSING FL330, NOISE BEGAN TO GRADUALLY DECREASE AND WAS SILENT BY 32,700'. ABSOLUTELY NO ASSOCIATED INDICATIONS WHATSOEVER: NO ENGINE GAUGE INDICATIONS, NO PRESSURE ANOMALIES, NO AVIONICS MALFUNCTIONS, NOTHING - JUST A NOISE. R & R THE CO-PILOT'S WINDSHIELD IAW MM 56-10-00. LEAK CHECKED GOOD. COMPLETED OPS TEST OF RT WINDSHIELD ANTI-ICE IAW MM 30-40-00-201, OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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