Service difficulty report · Windshield · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
December 27, 2010
Submitted
December 28, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N347CJ
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
347
Aircraft time
33,997 hours, 36,237 cycles
Part
Windshield
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

APPROXIMATELY 40 WNM FROM SYR AT FL240, CREW HEARD A POP AND NOTICED CAPTAINS WINDSHIELD PANE SHATTERED. THE WINDOW DID NOT CAVE IN AND PRESSURIZATION HELD STEADY. CREW DONNED OXYGEN MASKS AND DECLARED EMERGENCY. CAPTAIN TRANSFERED CONTROL OVER TO F/O AND MADE A VISUAL APPROACH INTO SYR. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. REPLACED CAPTAINS WINDSHIELD.

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