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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA226TC · Memphis, TN · August 13, 1984

Date
August 13, 1984 · 15:40 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SKIA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N501SS
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL84IA255
Reported as
Swrngn SA226TC
Reported engine
AiResearch TPE3313UW
People aboard
12
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total250 in this make and model275 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.

Explosive decompression when copilots right window blew out. Safe landing. Window cracks were hidden by retainer.

As the FAA filed it

EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION WHEN COPILOTS RIGHT WINDOW BLEW OUT. SAFE LANDING. WINDOW CRACKS WERE HIDDEN BY RETAINER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.