# SDR RU3A1005

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: February 22, 2010
- Submitted: February 24, 2010
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N81](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81), registered now
- Make and model: Beech 300BEECH
- Aircraft serial: FF16
- Aircraft time: 13,079 hours, 6,878 cycles
- System (JASC): [5610 · Flight Compartment Windows](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5610)
- Part: Windshield
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Cockpit
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: B
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/RU3A1005

## Discrepancy

AT FL230 HEARD NOISE LIKE A PISTOL SHOT. FRONT RIGHT WINDSCREEN SHATTERED. CREW DONNED O2 MASKS AND IMMEDIATELY INITIATED MAX DESCENT TO 5000 FT.

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