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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC981 · Rochester, NY · December 5, 1990

Date
December 5, 1990 · 14:40 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Airport
Greater Rochester Internationa
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N811US
Reported as
Doug DC981
People aboard
68
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
19,000 total1,800 in this make and model100 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.

Co pilots windshield cracked en route. Descended and flew to destination. Replaced windshield.

As the FAA filed it

CO PILOTS WINDSHIELD CRACKED EN ROUTE. DESCENDED AND FLEW TO DESTINATION. REPLACED WINDSHIELD.