F100 crew had a cracked cockpit windshield that required a landing at the nearest suitable airport.

Attributes
ACN	568209
Time
Date	200212
Day	Sun
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zfw.artcc
State Reference	TX
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 3
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 17 flight attendant time total : 17 flight attendant time type : 75
ASRS Report	568209
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance controller : provided flight assist flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution other
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Cockpit front windshield cracked in-flight, which resulted in a diversion to tulsa, oklahoma. Captain made PA to inform passenger. Captain did not notify cabin crew before passenger. Cabin crew heard captain inform passenger of cracked windshield and plans to divert to tul. We then prepared cabin for landing. Normal landing. No injury, no evacuate/evacuation, no further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: F100 CREW HAD A CRACKED COCKPIT WINDSHIELD THAT REQUIRED A LNDG AT THE NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT.

Narrative: COCKPIT FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED INFLT, WHICH RESULTED IN A DIVERSION TO TULSA, OKLAHOMA. CAPT MADE PA TO INFORM PAX. CAPT DID NOT NOTIFY CABIN CREW BEFORE PAX. CABIN CREW HEARD CAPT INFORM PAX OF CRACKED WINDSHIELD AND PLANS TO DIVERT TO TUL. WE THEN PREPARED CABIN FOR LNDG. NORMAL LNDG. NO INJURY, NO EVAC, NO FURTHER INCIDENT.

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.