# Incident 19890713041249I: Mtsbsi MU2B36, Springfield, MO, July 13, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1989, 06:45 local time
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Airport: Springfield Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MUAA
- Location: 37.2153° N, 93.2982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2153&lon=-93.2982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N740PB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N740PB-2011-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-36 (registry code 5780412, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B36
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,645 total, 160 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890713041249I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT COCKPIT SIDE WINDOW BLEW OUT EN ROUTE. FORCED LANDING. WINDOW HAD BEEN ALTERED WHEN ESCAPE DOOR INSTALLED.

## Other reports on N740PB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20040827025619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040827025619I), Aug 27, 2004: Mtsbsi MU2B36 (N740PB), Chicago, IL. (-23) After shutdown and the pilot departing the aircraft the right engine started on fire. The fire department was called and the fire extinguished.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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