40.3544° N, 79.9290° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
October 14, 1982 · 07:19 local
Place
West Mifflin, PA
Airport
Allegheny Co
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N771HA
Reported as
Beech 200BEECH
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A41
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total2,950 in this make and model125 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Left windshield cracked on climbout when cabin was pressurized. Outer panel had cracked at bottom.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT WINDSHIELD CRACKED ON CLIMBOUT WHEN CABIN WAS PRESSURIZED. OUTER PANEL HAD CRACKED AT BOTTOM.