# Incident 19790101000459I: Cvac STCAPJC, Denver, CO, January 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1979, 14:50 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Stapleton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: APN
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5814, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5814-1992-01-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 340 (registry code 242270A, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC STCAPJC
- People aboard: 25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790101000459I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

EXPLOSIVE DECOMPESSION WHEN CAPTAIN'S SLIDING SIDE WINDOW BLEW OUT AT FL 190.

## Other reports on N5814 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19891105059059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891105059059I), Nov 5, 1989: Cvac STC340CVAC (N5814), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Right wing tip hit parked aircraft while taxiing with guidance of ground crew.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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