# Incident 20000418017699I: Amtr LANCAIR4P, Pueblo, CO, April 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2000, 23:12 local time
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Airport: Pueblo Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2899° N, 104.4980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PUEBLO MEML (PUB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2899&lon=-104.4980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N997PJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR4P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 120 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000418017699I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 18, 2000, AT 1352 MDT, A LANCAIR LNC4 HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT, N997PJ, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING A DECOMPRESSION WHICH OCCURRED WHEN THE LEFT-HAND SIDE WINDOW FAILED AT FLIGHT LEVEL 22,000 FEET 20 MILES EAST PUEBLO, COLORADO. N997PJ MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT PUBEBLO, COLORADO.  THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT (ONLY OCCUPANT) WAS NOT INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THIS PERSONAL FLIGHT OPERATING UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT WHEN THE PILOT'S SIDE WINDOWFAILED AND DECOMPRESSION OCCURRED.  THE PILOT DONNED HIS OXYGEN MASK, DESCENDED TO A LOWER ALTITUDE AND MADE AM EMERGENCY LANDING AT PUEBLO, COLORADO.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY DAR ^PRIVACY DA^ REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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