# Incident 19811116086059I: Beech 65A90, Fargo, ND, November 16, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1981, 20:40 local time
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8772° N, 96.7898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fargo, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8772&lon=-96.7898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N518DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N518DM-2000-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A90 (registry code 1152908, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811116086059I

## Narrative

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

PASSENGER WINDOW BLEW OUT AT FL 170. DESCENDED AND LANDED SAFELY. ORIGINAL WINDOWS. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N518DM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990731010159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990731010159A), Jul 31, 1999: Beech 65A90 (N518DM), Marine City, MI, Destroyed, 10 fatal. Skydiving acft took off, banked sharply to the right, and crashed, the pilot and 9 parachute jumpers on board sustained fatal injuries, the acft was destroyed…

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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