19880120006179I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hamflu HFB320 · Detroit, MI · January 20, 1988

Date
January 20, 1988 · 10:32 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Detroit Metro Wayne County
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N128SD
Reported as
Hamflu HFB320
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,500 total50 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.

Pilot window hatch opened and came off on climbout. Window broke off and was not recovered.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WINDOW HATCH OPENED AND CAME OFF ON CLIMBOUT. WINDOW BROKE OFF AND WAS NOT RECOVERED.