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Aeronautical commander 695 pilot declared an emergency and diverted to land after his windshield shattered while climbing through FL180.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 531576 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200111 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sbn.airport |
| State Reference | IN |
| Altitude | msl single value : 18000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zau.artcc |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Aero Commander 695 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : enroute altitude change |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 32 flight time total : 2457 flight time type : 435 |
| ASRS Report | 531576 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : plts windshield other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Departed cgx initially direct gipper and was climbing to FL240. Accomplished FL180 checklist between 17500 ft and FL180, and shortly thereafter, pilot's windshield outer pane shattered. Accomplished emergency checklist, the informed ZAU of problem. Although poh allows continuing to destination, elected to perform precautionary landing at nearest suitable airport. ZAU suggested sbn, and I diverted to sbn, cleared direct. ATC extremely helpful. Accomplished uneventful ILS runway 9R and landed at sbn. Windshield developed more cracks prior to landing, probably just relieving stress.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AERO COMMANDER 695 PLT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED TO LAND AFTER HIS WINDSHIELD SHATTERED WHILE CLBING THROUGH FL180.
Narrative: DEPARTED CGX INITIALLY DIRECT GIPPER AND WAS CLBING TO FL240. ACCOMPLISHED FL180 CHKLIST BTWN 17500 FT AND FL180, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, PLT'S WINDSHIELD OUTER PANE SHATTERED. ACCOMPLISHED EMER CHKLIST, THE INFORMED ZAU OF PROB. ALTHOUGH POH ALLOWS CONTINUING TO DEST, ELECTED TO PERFORM PRECAUTIONARY LNDG AT NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT. ZAU SUGGESTED SBN, AND I DIVERTED TO SBN, CLRED DIRECT. ATC EXTREMELY HELPFUL. ACCOMPLISHED UNEVENTFUL ILS RWY 9R AND LANDED AT SBN. WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED MORE CRACKS PRIOR TO LNDG, PROBABLY JUST RELIEVING STRESS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.