39.7392° N, 104.9847° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 17, 1983 · 18:00 local
Place
Denver, CO
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N12U
Reported as
AMD FALCON10
Reported engine
AiResearch TFE731*
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total2,500 in this make and model150 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 outer layer cracked on climbout. Had been sand pitted while sitting on the ramp.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT WINDSHIELD OUTER LAYER CRACKED ON CLIMBOUT. HAD BEEN SAND PITTED WHILE SITTING ON THE RAMP.