Service difficulty report · Windshield · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
September 9, 2014
Submitted
September 11, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N346AF
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC71
Aircraft time
38,305 hours, 37,494 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
10138402524
Part serial
10126R5588
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT 20,000 FEET PILOT & FIRST OFFICER HEARD A LOUD BANG. FIRST OFFICER NOTICED THE RT WINDSHIELD HAD SHATTERED. PILOT DECLARED AN EMER & RECEIVED VECTORS TO DIVERT, PILOT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. R & R RT WINDSHIELD IAW MM. TIME IN SERVICE & CYCLES IN SERVICE FOR WINDSHIELD UNKNOWN.

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