# Incident 19980428045789I: Cndair CL6002B19, Farmington, NM, April 28, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1998, 16:11 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Four Corners Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 36.7413° N, 108.2299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FOUR CORNERS RGNL (FMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7413&lon=-108.2299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N403SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N403SW-2013-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Canadair CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1900309, https://openairdocs.org/model/canadair-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002B19
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980428045789I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 28, 1999, SKYWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT (SWIA) 5927, A CL-600-2B19 WAS ENROUTE FROM SALT LAKE CITY, UT TO ALBUQUERQUE, NM. DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT FLIGHT LEVEL 29 THE CREW HEARD SOMETHING MAKE A SNAPPING NOISE. THEY FOUND THE INSIDE PANE OF THE COCKPIT'S LEFT SIDE WINDOW HAD PARTIALLY CRACKED. A SHORT TIME LATER THE WINDOW SNAPPED AGAIN EXTENDING THE LINE ACROSS THE ENTIRE WINDOW. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND THE FLIGHT DIVERTED INTO FARMINGTON, NM., WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MECHANICS FOR SWIA WERE DISPATCHED TO FMN AND THE WINDOW REPLACED THE FOLLOWING DAY. FILE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N403SW (1)

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

- [Accident 19940908026019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940908026019A), Sep 8, 1994: Cndair CL6002B19 (N403SW), Burbank, CA, Substantial damage. Disconnected towbar after pushback without communicating with flight crew to set brakes. Aircraft rolled into tug.

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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