Service difficulty report · Windshield · Gulstm G280

Difficulty date
September 7, 2021
Submitted
September 13, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N206FS
Make and model
Gulstm G280
Aircraft serial
2198
Aircraft time
637 hours, 369 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
NP17820115
Part serial
19057H4975
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
637 hours, 369 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED KLUK TO KJAX. CREW REPORTED AT FL450 THAT PILOT WINDSHIELD CRACKED/SPLINTERED. CREW THEN FOLLOWED AIRCRAFT QRH AND DESCENDED TO FL150. RETURNED TO HOME BASE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. CREW MEMBERS DID DECLARE AN EMERGENCY WITH THE PROPER AUTHORITIES. PREVIOUSLY THE PILOT WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN-FLIGHT AT FL450 AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT KJAX. WHERE THE PILOT'S WINDSHIELD WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH AN INSPECTED / SERVICEABLE REPLACEMENT WINDSHIELD PER THE GULFSTREAM AMM INSTRUCTIONS, WITH NO FURTHER DISCREPANCIES.