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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA227-AC · Seattle, WA · May 23, 1990

Date
May 23, 1990 · 08:30 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Seattle-Tacoma International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
QXEA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N27442
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA90IA085
Reported as
Swrngn SA227AC
People aboard
19
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,234 total1,694 in this make and model134 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Cabin window blew out on descent. Passenger partly sucked out but rescued. Emergency landing. Window 2E.

As the FAA filed it

CABIN WINDOW BLEW OUT ON DESCENT. PASSENGER PARTLY SUCKED OUT BUT RESCUED. EMERGENCY LANDING. WINDOW 2E.

NTSB investigation

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