# Incident 19801229088739I: Rkwell 690, Dunkirk, NY, December 29, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1980, 23:50 local time
- Place: Dunkirk, NY
- Airport: Buffalo International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BRDA
- Location: 42.8620° N, 78.7166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUFFALO AIRFIELD (9G0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8620&lon=-78.7166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9166N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 690
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81IA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81IA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801229088739I

## Narrative

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

EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION AT FL200 WHEN COPILOTS SIDE WIDOW FAILED.

## 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 NYC81IA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81IA018), Dec 29, 1980: Aero Cmdr 690 (N9166N), Dunkirk, NY, 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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