Service difficulty report · Windscreen · Snias AS350B2

Difficulty date
January 17, 2009
Submitted
January 23, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N350BH
Make and model
Snias AS350B2
Aircraft serial
2813
Aircraft time
7,377 hours, 19,734 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
Engine time
6,906 hours, 12,275 cycles
Part
Windscreen
Part number
350A2500000107
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Part time
7,377 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C
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 CRUISE FLIGHT AT NIGHT, AT APPROX 1500FT ALTITUDE, A SUDDEN BLAST IN THE ACFT WAS FELT. THE PILOT REALIZED THAT HE WAS THEN INJURED DUE TO A BIRD STRIKE THAT PENETRATED THE LT AND RT WINDSCREENS. PILOT REGAINED CONTROL OF THE ACFT AND INITIATED AN EMERGENCY DECENT TO A PARKING LOT. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. UPON INSP IT WAS NOTED THAT APPROX 4 TO 5 GEESE HAD STRUCK THE ACFT. BOTH WINDSCREENS HAD BEEN PENETRATED. A HOLE WAS PUNCTURED THRU THE LOWER CABIN AT THE PILOTS T/R PEDALS WITH GOOSE REMAINS , THE UPPER CABIN WAS PENETRATED WITH A HOLE THRU THE ROOF AT THE PILOTS GREENHOUSE WINDOW, AND THE UPPER DOGHOUSE WAS DAMAGED FROM THE IMPACT WITH REMAINS. THE ACFT WAS TRAILERED BACK TO ORIGIN FOR A MORE DETAILED INSPECTION.