# Incident 19800303028209I: Beech 65A90, Dallas, TX, March 3, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1980, 12:30 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ALFA
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30AA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A90
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80IA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80IA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800303028209I

## Narrative

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

EXPLOSIVE DEPRESSURIZATION WHEN WINDOW SEPARATED. FRACTURE ORIGINATED IN A SCRATCH.

## 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 FTW80IA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80IA050), Mar 3, 1980: Beech 65A90 (N30AA), Bridgeport, TX, incident, minor 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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