Service difficulty report · Windshield · Cessna 680SOV

Difficulty date
October 31, 2008
Submitted
November 10, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N610CS
Make and model
Cessna 680SOV
Aircraft serial
6800092
Aircraft time
2,145 hours, 1,338 cycles
Part
Windshield
Part number
991438012
Part serial
06086H2826
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
2,145 hours, 1,338 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AT FL 410 WHEN WINDSHIELD HEAT FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CREW FOLLOWED CHECKLIST, WAITED APPROX 5 MINUTES AND RESET BREAKER. W/S HEAT FAIL LIGHT REMAINED EXTINGUISHED AT THIS TIME. APPROX 30 SECONDS LATER, CREW HEARD A LOUD POP AND WITNESSED COPILOTS WINDSHIELD SPIDERWEBBED. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO GJT. REMOVED AND REPLACED CO-PILOTS WINDSHIELD, OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.