# Incident 19990604017659I: Doug DC915, Omaha, NE, June 4, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1999, 18:21 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MWEA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N900ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N900ME-2002-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-15 (registry code 302203H, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC915
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990604017659I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19910428019099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910428019099I), Apr 28, 1991: Doug DC915 (N900ME), Milwaukee, WI, Minor damage. Pilot allowed his left wing tip to strike the runway while landing at airport.

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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