# Incident 19791102056479I: Beech 100BEECH, Denver, CO, November 2, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1979, 10:00 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N8NP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8NP-1991-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 100 (registry code 1152916, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 100BEECH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 320 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/19791102056479I

## Narrative

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

#2 LEFT CABIN WINDOW BROKE OUT CAUSING RAPID DECOMPRESSION. PILOT PROCEEDED VFR, LANDED SAFELY.

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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