E120. Captain's outer pane windshield shattered.

Attributes
ACN	408465
Time
Date	199807
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : szw
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 12000 msl bound upper : 12000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zjx tracon : tlh
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Brasilia EMB-120 All Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude other
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 11200 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	408475
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 2400 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	408464
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Climbing to cruise southeast of tlh the captain's windshield (outer pane) shattered. There was no bird strike or hail encountered. Light rain and smooth ride at time of occurrence. Aircraft had previous windshield deferral for an 'south' shaped scratch which had been in the log for over a month. Aircraft maintained structural integrity so we elected not to declare emergency. We did return to the tallahassee airport without further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: E120. CAPT'S OUTER PANE WINDSHIELD SHATTERED.

Narrative: CLBING TO CRUISE SE OF TLH THE CAPT'S WINDSHIELD (OUTER PANE) SHATTERED. THERE WAS NO BIRD STRIKE OR HAIL ENCOUNTERED. LIGHT RAIN AND SMOOTH RIDE AT TIME OF OCCURRENCE. ACFT HAD PREVIOUS WINDSHIELD DEFERRAL FOR AN 'S' SHAPED SCRATCH WHICH HAD BEEN IN THE LOG FOR OVER A MONTH. ACFT MAINTAINED STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY SO WE ELECTED NOT TO DECLARE EMER. WE DID RETURN TO THE TALLAHASSEE ARPT WITHOUT 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.