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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269A · St Charles, MO · March 31, 1995

Date: March 31, 1995 · 16:40 local
Place: St Charles, MO
Airport: Charles Airport
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3075U
Reported as: Hughes 269A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,000 total90 in this make and model285 in the last 90 days

N3075URegistered now · Schweizer 269AS/N 125-0427 · Built 1966 Airframe modelSchweizer 269A Engine modelLycoming HIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: shortly after takeoff the pilot heard a loud "bang" noise, felt a "thump" on his head, then heard loud wind noise. Pilot selected an emergency landing place and landed without incident. Pilot discovered that the pilot's skylight canopy had departed the aircraft during flight. Pilot sustained a slight cut on his head. No other damage or injury was sustained. Incident closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD "BANG" NOISE, FELT A "THUMP" ON HIS HEAD, THEN HEARD LOUD WIND NOISE. PILOT SELECTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING PLACE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PILOT DISCOVERED THAT THE PILOT'S SKYLIGHT CANOPY HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT DURING FLIGHT. PILOT SUSTAINED A SLIGHT CUT ON HIS HEAD. NO OTHER DAMAGE OR INJURY WAS SUSTAINED. INCIDENT CLOSED.