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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Rkwell 690 · Dunkirk, NY · December 29, 1980

Date
December 29, 1980 · 23:50 local
Place
Dunkirk, NY
Airport
Buffalo International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BRDA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9166N
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC81IA018
Reported as
Rkwell 690
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,200 total1,800 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Explosive decompression at FL200 when copilots side widow failed.

As the FAA filed it

EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION AT FL200 WHEN COPILOTS SIDE WIDOW FAILED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.