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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cndair CL6002B16 · Peoria, IL · April 5, 2001

Date: April 5, 2001 · 14:40 local
Place: Peoria, IL
Airport: Greater Peoria
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N420SZ
Reported as: Cndair CL6002B16
Reported engine: GE CF34*
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,000 total4,000 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) Aircraft departed springfield, IL, for chicago midway airport. At about 20 miles south of Peoria VOR the PIC had just leveled off at 19,000 feet and had been given a turn 30 degrees right direct joilet. When the aircraft completed the turn and was wings level they encountered heavy rain followed immediately by hail. The hail broke the outer panels of both windshields. The PIC declared an emergency with chi ARTCC and diverted to Peoria airport. An uneventful landing was completed. Inspection of the aircraft revealed that the damage was limited to the outer glass panels of the windshields, and some loss of paint from the nose of the aircraft. The PIC indicated there was no indication of weather on the ships airborne radar at or before the encounter with the hail. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SPRINGFIELD, IL, FOR CHICAGO MIDWAY AIRPORT. AT ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF PEORIA VOR THE PIC HAD JUST LEVELED OFF AT 19,000 FEET AND HAD BEEN GIVEN A TURN 30 DEGREES RIGHT DIRECT JOILET. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT COMPLETED THE TURN AND WAS WINGS LEVEL THEY ENCOUNTERED HEAVY RAIN FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY HAIL. THE HAIL BROKE THE OUTER PANELS OF BOTH WINDSHIELDS. THE PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH CHI ARTCC AND DIVERTED TO PEORIA AIRPORT. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS COMPLETED. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE OUTER GLASS PANELS OF THE WINDSHIELDS, AND SOME LOSS OF PAINT FROM THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PIC INDICATED THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF WEATHER ON THE SHIPS AIRBORNE RADAR AT OR BEFORE THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE HAIL. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.