Service difficulty report · Windshield · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
May 23, 2021
Submitted
May 24, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N340SR
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
452043
Aircraft time
5,159 hours, 3,219 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
6656100000010
Part serial
4056
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit Right
Part time
85 hours, 52 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING DESCENT THROUGH ABOUT 10,000' A LOUD POP WAS HEARD AND RH WINDSHIELD WAS SEEN TO HAVE SHATTERED. NO PRESSURIZATION WAS LOST, CREW FOLLOWED QRH AND CONTINUED NORMAL PROCEDURES AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON LANDING IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE OUTER PLY OF WINDSHIELD HAD SHATTERED. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES NOTED.