# SDR TIMA20161213019

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: December 13, 2016
- Submitted: December 15, 2016
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N153GA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N153GA), registered now
- Make and model: Beech 1900C
- Registry model: [Beech 1900C](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: UB34
- Aircraft time: 40,528 hours, 48,075 cycles
- System (JASC): [5610 · Flight Compartment Windows](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5610)
- Part: Windshield
- Part number: 10138402523
- Part serial: 10166R9504
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Cockpit
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TIMA20161213019

## Discrepancy

THE PILOT’S SIDE WINDSHIELD CRACKED DURING FLIGHT.  THERE WAS A 3 INCH WIDE BAND OF SHATTERING OF THE OUTER LAYER THAT RAN FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD ON THE INBOARD EDGE NEXT TO THE CENTER POST.

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