44.8074° N, 68.8281° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BANGOR INTL (BGR), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 21, 1993 · 21:22 local
Place
Bangor, ME
Airport
Bangor International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
VFSA
Aircraft
N806AW
Reported as
Dhav DHC8102
People aboard
23
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total150 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.
Outer windshield cracked in flight. Emergency descent. Diverted to Bangor. Landed safely. Suspect frozen water.
As the FAA filed it
OUTER WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN FLIGHT. EMERGENCY DESCENT. DIVERTED TO BANGOR. LANDED SAFELY. SUSPECT FROZEN WATER.