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Old 7th Feb 2007, 23:54
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Richo
 
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Also have had a pilot side windshield shatter in a B200.

In this case it was the outer pane, shattered in vertical lines all the way across.

from sitting right behind it, you really cant tell its only one pane that cracked, well except the obvoious that it has not come in on you.

We were at 24000 with heavy ice on the aircraft, the cabin press did start coming up, slowly at first but it became a real rush when the power levers were reduced for the descent. On Oxy from 19000 down to 8000. The cabin got to about 16000. pseudo emerg descent, with the autopilot on.

Had already activated the pax Oxy system, so did not get to see the auto system function.

Same as night hawk, ended up flying and landing from the right hand seat.
Oxy system worked just fine, but it was checked every day on the pre-flight.

Still quite an experiance.



The damage to the B200 in the pics is quite reminicant of a certian C441 in Darwin a few years back.

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