Narrative:

On landing rollout on runway 28L at pit the captain's (left windscreen) shattered at approximately 100 KTS. We had been advised of dust blowing along the runway. The dust appeared to be coming from the end and sides of the runway. We had been given no indication that the dust was actually sand and small pebbles used for road and runway sanding operations. When the windscreen cracked; we were approximately 2;500 ft from the threshold and visually in the clear with the visible dust 2;000-3;000 ft further down the runway. At the time the windscreen cracked; we were rapidly slowing to make sure we were firmly on the runway and at a slow pace before we neared the dust. Upon entering the dust area we had severely reduced visibility down to less than 1/4 mile. We slowly moved clear of the runway at F4 high speed turnoff. After clearing; we heard that another aircraft on runway 28R had aborted a takeoff for a cracked windscreen. We later learned that a total of 4 aircraft had cracked windscreens. Of particular concern was the fact that nothing was on the ATIS regarding the dust. No indication was given that the dust was actually sand and small pebbles. We asked for a PIREP from a previous aircraft and received no warning regarding this issue. We were told by an airport operations person that the runways were shut down to be swept clear. It should be considered if there is dust of this type in such high winds conditions that airport operations should be out investigating the nature of the dust and debris. This would give flight crews better information to be used as to whether to continue the planned operations. Winds reported on the ATIS were 280 degrees at 26 KTS gusting to 41 KTS. Later heard from ATC tower person that they had winds gusting between 39 and 55 KTS during the time this happened. We didn't get that information during our flight.

Related reports:

Google
 

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ200 Captain's side windshield shattered on landing rollout in high winds and blowing dust and pebbles at PIT.

Narrative: On landing rollout on Runway 28L at PIT the Captain's (left windscreen) shattered at approximately 100 KTS. We had been advised of dust blowing along the runway. The dust appeared to be coming from the end and sides of the runway. We had been given no indication that the dust was actually sand and small pebbles used for road and runway sanding operations. When the windscreen cracked; we were approximately 2;500 FT from the threshold and visually in the clear with the visible dust 2;000-3;000 FT further down the runway. At the time the windscreen cracked; we were rapidly slowing to make sure we were firmly on the runway and at a slow pace before we neared the dust. Upon entering the dust area we had severely reduced visibility down to less than 1/4 mile. We slowly moved clear of the runway at F4 high speed turnoff. After clearing; we heard that another aircraft on Runway 28R had aborted a takeoff for a cracked windscreen. We later learned that a total of 4 aircraft had cracked windscreens. Of particular concern was the fact that nothing was on the ATIS regarding the dust. No indication was given that the dust was actually sand and small pebbles. We asked for a PIREP from a previous aircraft and received no warning regarding this issue. We were told by an Airport Operations person that the runways were shut down to be swept clear. It should be considered if there is dust of this type in such high winds conditions that Airport Operations should be out investigating the nature of the dust and debris. This would give flight crews better information to be used as to whether to continue the planned operations. Winds reported on the ATIS were 280 degrees at 26 KTS gusting to 41 KTS. Later heard from ATC Tower person that they had winds gusting between 39 and 55 KTS during the time this happened. We didn't get that information during our flight.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.