SDR GMCR97001

Service difficulty report · Window · Cessna 650

Difficulty date
January 24, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N5118
Make and model
Cessna 650
Aircraft serial
6507013
Part
Window
Part number
99143792
Condition
Shattered
Location
Rt Cockpit
Part time
2,177 hours
Stage of operation
CR
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

THIRTY MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE FROM SLC, THE CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG, AND NOTICED THE OUTER PANE OF THE RIGHT COCKPIT WINDOW HAD SHATTERED. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND HAD AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING BACK AT SLC. NO FRAGMENTS OF THE OUTER PANE HAD SEPARATED CREATING ANY FURTHER DAMAGE. REPLACED THE COCKPIT WINDOW.

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