Service difficulty report · Windshield · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
May 20, 2026
Submitted
May 21, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N745K
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
45242
Aircraft time
6,869 hours, 6,004 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
66561000001004
Part serial
2608
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
Part time
68,687 hours, 6,604 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT CRUISE AND DURING THAT TIME THE CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THEN NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED . CREW NOTIFIED ATC AND RAN THE QRH . AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT KPWA