# Incident 20001201021519I: Beech 200BEECH, Des Moines, IA, December 1, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2000, 10:00 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6005° N, 93.6091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Moines, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6005&lon=-93.6091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300HB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001201021519I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM NASHVILLE TN TO SIOUX CITY, IA AT AN ALTITUDE OF 26000 FEET AND HAD JUST BEEN CLEARED TO DESCEND TO 24000 FEET WHEN THE LEFT WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, DEPRESSURIZED THE CABIN AND DIVERTED TO THE DES MOINES AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.  THE INNER LAMINATION OF THE WINDSHIELD WAS FOUND TO HAVE SHATTERED.  THE OUTER LAMINATION WAS NOT DAMAGED.  THE WINDSHIELD HEAT WAS ON WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURED.  THERE WERE NO APPARENT ABNORMALITIES WHEN THE WINDSHIELD HEAT WAS TURNED ON.  THE DAMAGE WINDSHIELD HAD BEEN INSTALLED APPROXIMATELY THREE AND A HALF YEAR AGO (1000 HOURS OF OPERATION).

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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