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Air carrier pilot reported the captain's windshield cracked in cruise and the flight diverted successfully. Pilot surmised that the plane's lengthy time being parked contributed to the event.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1759256 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202009 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Cockpit Window |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
After level off at cruise altitude FLXX0 I noticed a small crack in the lower left corner of the captain's windshield. Approximately xx minutes later there was a complete failure of the outer layers of the captain's windshield which caused spiderweb cracking everywhere. We elected to advise ATC and land successfully at nearby ZZZ airport without any further complications and parked at the terminal gate.this aircraft had been parked at ZZZ1 for a number of months. I would surmise that this contributed significantly to this event.require these aircraft that have been parked for such a long period of time to be test flown first.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier pilot reported the Captain's windshield cracked in cruise and the flight diverted successfully. Pilot surmised that the plane's lengthy time being parked contributed to the event.
Narrative: After level off at cruise altitude FLXX0 I noticed a small crack in the lower left corner of the Captain's windshield. Approximately XX minutes later there was a complete failure of the outer layers of the Captain's windshield which caused spiderweb cracking everywhere. We elected to advise ATC and land successfully at nearby ZZZ airport without any further complications and parked at the terminal gate.This aircraft had been parked at ZZZ1 for a number of months. I would surmise that this contributed significantly to this event.Require these aircraft that have been parked for such a long period of time to be test flown first.
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.