Ce-560XL flight crew reported a cracked windshield in cruise; resulting in a diversion.

Attributes
ACN	1761053
Time
Date	202009
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Citation Excel (C560XL)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Cockpit Window
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Cruising at FL410; the pilot flying in the right seat noticed a small darkened section along the outside rear edge of the right windshield. Approaching top of descent into ZZZ; upon closer examination both pilots determined the darkened section of glass was actually a crack in the windshield. Instructions were received to divert to ZZZ1.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CE-560XL flight crew reported a cracked windshield in cruise; resulting in a diversion.

Narrative: Cruising at FL410; the pilot flying in the right seat noticed a small darkened section along the outside rear edge of the right windshield. Approaching top of descent into ZZZ; upon closer examination both pilots determined the darkened section of glass was actually a crack in the windshield. Instructions were received to divert to ZZZ1.

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.