Service difficulty report · Windshield · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
March 31, 2021
Submitted
May 24, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N340SR
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
452043
Aircraft time
5,074 hours, 3,167 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
6656100000010
Part serial
3866
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit Right
Part time
299 hours, 165 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB AROUND FL290 LOUD POPPING SOUND WAS HEARD AND RH WINDSHIELD WAS OBSERVED TO BE CRACKED. CREW ANALYZED SITUATION, STOPPED CLIMB, FOLLOWED THE QRH AND DIVERTED BACK TO AIRPORT. UPON LANDING OUTER PLY OF WINDSHIELD WAS FOUND TO BE SHATTERED. NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED AND NO INJURIES.