Service difficulty report · Windshield · Boeing 75729J

Difficulty date
February 4, 2018
Submitted
February 5, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N757QM
Make and model
Boeing 75729J
Aircraft serial
27203
Part
Windshield
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

2 HOURS PRIOR TO LANDING, THE CAPT WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, DESCENDED IN ALTITUDE AND LANDED SAFELY AT 0846Z.

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