Service difficulty report · Windshield · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
March 19, 2013
Submitted
March 21, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N977AE
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500125
Aircraft time
6,714 hours, 5,051 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
991438014
Part serial
10173H1079
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
1,034 hours, 1,062 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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 RIGHT WINDSHIELD CRACKED WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH FL 200. THE WINDHIELD HEAT HAD BEEN ON CONTINUOUSLY SINCE TAKEOFF FROM KAGC. THE PILOT STATED HE HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE JUST PRIOR TO THE WINDSHIELD CRACKING. THE PILOT FLYING DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO ATC, REDUCED AIRSPEED, INITIATED A DESCENT TO 10,000 FEET AND ALTERED COURSE TO RETURN TO KAGC. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTION AFTER LANDING REVEALED THE OUTER WINDSHIELD PLY ONLY WAS CRACKED IN A SPIDER WEB PATTERN ENCOMPASSING THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD.

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