20011024028779I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 1900C · Fairbanks, AK · October 24, 2001

Date: October 24, 2001 · 10:30 local
Place: Fairbanks, AK
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: FFSA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N575Z
Reported as: Beech 1900C
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Flight 780 departed Fairbanks bound for barter island. The crew reports that just as they were leveling off at flight level 250 there was a loud crack and the windshield on the pilots side cracked. They initiated an emergency descent procedure. They followed the appropriate checklists and procedures and returned to Fairbanks without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FLIGHT 780 DEPARTED FAIRBANKS BOUND FOR BARTER ISLAND. THE CREW REPORTS THAT JUST AS THEY WERE LEVELING OFF AT FLIGHT LEVEL 250 THERE WAS A LOUD CRACK AND THE WINDSHIELD ON THE PILOTS SIDE CRACKED. THEY INITIATED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT PROCEDURE. THEY FOLLOWED THE APPROPRIATE CHECKLISTS AND PROCEDURES AND RETURNED TO FAIRBANKS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.