Service difficulty report · Windshield · Cessna 680SOV

Difficulty date
September 3, 2010
Submitted
September 7, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N605CS
Make and model
Cessna 680SOV
Aircraft serial
6800001
Aircraft time
5,500 hours, 3,271 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW306C
Part
Windshield
Part number
991438011
Part serial
05104H6130
Condition
Broken
Location
Zone 200
Part time
4,114 hours, 2,685 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

AT FLIGHT LEVEL 360, AMBER CAS MESSAGE WINDSHIELD ANTI ICE FAIL ILLUMINATED. APPROX 2 MINUTES LATER PILOTS WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AND THE ACFT DIVERTED. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE PILOTS WINDSHIELD WAS CHANGED AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.