38.2542° N, 85.7594° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 25, 1988 · 16:30 local
Place
Louisville, KY
Airport
Standiford Field
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N600BW
Reported as
Beech 200BEECH
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,400 total4,400 in this make and model120 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.
Rear cargo teardrop window broke at altitude. Lost pressure. Emergency descent. Cabin oxygen masks did not deploy.
As the FAA filed it
REAR CARGO TEARDROP WINDOW BROKE AT ALTITUDE. LOST PRESSURE. EMERGENCY DESCENT. CABIN OXYGEN MASKS DID NOT DEPLOY.