# Incident 19970512015009I: Amd FALCON50MYST, Scottsbluff, NE, May 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1997, 19:48 local time
- Place: Scottsbluff, NE
- Airport: William B Heilig Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8681° N, 103.6607° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsbluff, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8681&lon=-103.6607&mi=10
- Aircraft: N747Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCON50MYST
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,700 total, 4,600 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970512015009I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 12, 1997, APPROXIMATELY 1948 MDT, A FALCON 50, N747Y, REGISTERED TO FMC CORP. PILOTED BY MR. THOMAS F. O'LEARY (PIC) AND MR. JOE W. GORDON (SIC), HAD A WINDSHIELD DEVELOP A MAJOR CRACK AT 39,000 FEET WESTBOUND OUT OF SCOTTSBLUFF, NE. THE CREW REQUESTED LOWER ALTITUDE AND EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT, DONNING OXYGEN MASKS AND HEAD SETS DURING THE TIME FROM THE AIRCRAFT DESCENTION THROUGH FLIGHT LEVEL 34,000 WHICH WAS ASSIGNED. AT THIS POINT SEPARATION WAS LOST BETWEEN NWA 1135 AND FALCON N747Y. DENVER CENTER ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS TO NWA 1135 TO TURN RIGHT 20 DEGREES AND REESTABLISH SEPARATION. N747Y WAS CLEARED ON DOWN TO FLIGHT LEVEL 27,000 AND CONTINUED ON TO ROCK SPRINGS, WY AT A REDUCED AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE. MR. O'LEARY SAID HE HAD DEPARTED PHILADELPHIA, PA ON A COMPANY BUSINESS TRIP TO ROCK SPRINGS, WY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT EXCEPT THE WINDSHIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO DUNCAN AVIATION, INC., LINCOLN, NE FOR REPAIRS PER MAINTENANCE MANUAL RELEASE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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