43.5500° N, 96.7003° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Sioux Falls, SD, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 16, 1985 · 21:32 local
Place
Sioux Falls, SD
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N271FA
Reported as
Fokker F27MK500
People aboard
31
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,968 total176 in this make and model230 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.
Inner pane of captains sliding window shattered around the edge. Returned for landing. Ferried for replacement.
As the FAA filed it
INNER PANE OF CAPTAINS SLIDING WINDOW SHATTERED AROUND THE EDGE. RETURNED FOR LANDING. FERRIED FOR REPLACEMENT.