# Incident 19961106041429I: Cessna 421C, Rapid City, SD, November 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 1996, 07:00 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAPID CITY RGNL (RAP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3912C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3912C-2018-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961106041429I

## Narrative

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

LEVEL AT FL230 RIGHT WINDSHIELD BLEW OUT. GLARE SHIELD SUN VISON SUCKED OUT IN EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION. LANDED.

## Other reports on N3912C (1)

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

- [Accident 19991210044789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991210044789A), Dec 10, 1999: Cessna 421C (N3912C), Gillette, WY, Substantial damage. (-23) A/c hit deer on landing roll (.4) during landing roll, after conducting a visual approach during dark night conditions, the airplane struck a deer on the…

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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