# Incident 19820814050519I: Cessna 340A, Kress, TX, August 14, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1982, 16:23 local time
- Place: Kress, TX
- Airport: Lubbock International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3658° N, 101.7484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kress, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3658&lon=-101.7484&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555CP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N555CP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,750 total, 800 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820814050519I

## Narrative

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

LEFT SIDE PILOT WINDOW BLEW OUT. MADE EMERGENCY DESCENT. BREAK BEGAN NEAR VENT OPENING.

## Other reports on N555CP (2)

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

- [Incident 19931206049729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931206049729I), Dec 6, 1993: Cessna 340A (N555CP), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Pilot landed long departed end of runway. Stopped 200 feet past runway.
- [Incident 19901224063789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901224063789I), Dec 24, 1990: Cessna 340A (N555CP), Tehachapi, CA, Minor damage. Lost directional control on an ice covered runway. Slid off runway. Runway plowed incorrectly.

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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