# Accident 19790918030189A: Hamflu HFB320, St Petersburg, FL, September 18, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1979, 15:13 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111DC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N111DC-2014-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hamburger Flugzeugbau HFB 320 HANSA (registry code 4071204, https://openairdocs.org/model/hamburger-flugzeugbau-hfb-320-hansa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CJ610-SER series (registry code 30006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HAMFLU HFB320
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,096 total, 128 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FLD98](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLD98) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790918030189A

## Narrative

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

PILOT'S WINDOW FAILED CAUSING RAPID DECOMPRESSION. MAIN DC CIRCUIT BREAKER BROKEN OFF BY FLYING DEBRIS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA79FLD98](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLD98), Sep 18, 1979: Ham-Flugzeu HFB320 (N111DC), Tampa, FL, substantial damage

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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