# Incident 20010420008669I: Beech B200, Reno, NV, April 20, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2001, 19:57 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno/Tahoe International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4991° N, 119.7681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENO/TAHOE INTL (RNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4991&lon=-119.7681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N225WL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010420008669I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MONTERAY, CA FOR SUN VALLEY, ID. THEN WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH THE ICING CONDITIONS AND CLOUDS THE PILOT LEVELED OFF AT 29,000 FEET WITH THE AIRCRAFT HEAT STILL ON.  ABOUT 20 MINUTES INTO THE LEVEL FLIGHT, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD AND THE LEFT HAND WINDSHIELD LAYER SHATTERED.  THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY TURNED TOWARD RENO AND CALL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AT 1957 Z ADVISING THEM OF THE PROBLEM.  AT 2009 Z THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 16R W/O INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE JET WEST TERMINAL.  A JET WEST A&P MECHANIC LATER REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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