Service difficulty report · Windshield · Lear 25

Difficulty date
September 15, 2003
Submitted
October 9, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N999MF
Make and model
Lear 25
Aircraft serial
050
Engine
Ge CJ6101
Part
Windshield
Part number
PAS23112603
Part serial
0073
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

LEFT WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED WITH A PMA PART ON 12/8/1999. ON 7/3/2001 A BLISTER/ BUBBLE HAD FORMED IN THE INNER PLY AND WAS POLISHED OUT BY THE WINDOW MANUFACTURER. ON 9/3/2003 THE WINDSHIELD BEGAN TO BLISTER IN THE SAME AREA WITH SEVERAL DEFECTS EXTENDING HALFWAY INTO THE WINDSHIELD IN THE SAME AREA WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN REDUCED. THE WINDSHIELD WAS SCRAP.

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