What was found
DURING CRUISE ALTITUDE AT FL40, F/O INNER WINDSHIELD CRACKED. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE RT WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED BY MX. LEAK AND OPS CHECK WAS GOOD. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- February 17, 2011
- Submitted
- February 22, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N521CS
- Make and model
- Cessna 560XL
- Aircraft serial
- 5605362
- Aircraft time
- 5,586 hours, 4,049 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5610 · Flight Compartment Windows
- Part
- Windshield
- Part number
- 991438014
- Part serial
- 10048H7412
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Cockpit
- Part time
- 277 hours, 228 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.