# Incident 20011024028779I: Beech 1900C, Fairbanks, AK, October 24, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2001, 10:30 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FFSA
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N575Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011024028779I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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