With a loud pop; a B737-800 captain's windshield cracked at FL350 followed by spider web glass crack...

Narrative:

Leveling off at FL350; we heard a loud pop followed by a red electrical glow in the front right corner windshield on the captain's side of the cockpit. Immediately a spider web-cracking of the windshield occurred. The captain declared an emergency to ATC and advised the flight attendants of the situation and of the diversion. I was flying and communicating to ATC while the captain read the QRH procedures. We landed overweight and roll-out was non-eventful. We were followed into parking. Maintenance was on hand at the gate and we transferred to another aircraft to continue our trip.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: With a loud pop; a B737-800 Captain's windshield cracked at FL350 followed by spider web glass cracking; so an emergency was declared; the QRH completed and the flight diverted to a nearby airport.

Narrative: Leveling off at FL350; we heard a loud pop followed by a red electrical glow in the front right corner windshield on the Captain's side of the cockpit. Immediately a spider web-cracking of the windshield occurred. The Captain declared an emergency to ATC and advised the flight attendants of the situation and of the diversion. I was flying and communicating to ATC while the Captain read the QRH procedures. We landed overweight and roll-out was non-eventful. We were followed into parking. Maintenance was on hand at the gate and we transferred to another aircraft to continue our trip.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1197763
Time
Date	201408
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Cockpit Window
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

With a loud pop; a B737-800 captain's windshield cracked at FL350 followed by spider web glass cracking; so an emergency was declared; the QRH completed and the flight diverted to a nearby airport.