19990604017659I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-15 · Omaha, NE · June 4, 1999

Date
June 4, 1999 · 18:21 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Airport
Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MWEA
Aircraft
N900ME
Reported as
Doug DC915
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Investigation revealed the captain's front window cracked in flight and the aircraft diverted into Omaha. Company maintenance personnel found the outer anti-ice window pane cracked. The crack was withing limits. The window anti-ice system was deferred and the aircraft returned to milwaukee, Wisconsin. There was no prior history of problems.

As the FAA filed it

INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE CAPTAIN'S FRONT WINDOW CRACKED IN FLIGHT AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED INTO OMAHA. COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THE OUTER ANTI-ICE WINDOW PANE CRACKED. THE CRACK WAS WITHING LIMITS. THE WINDOW ANTI-ICE SYSTEM WAS DEFERRED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. THERE WAS NO PRIOR HISTORY OF PROBLEMS.

Other reports on N900ME · 1

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