# Incident 20011226036029I: Amtr LANCAIR4P, Danville, IL, December 26, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2001, 13:00 local time
- Place: Danville, IL
- Airport: Vermilion County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1998° N, 87.5952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERMILION RGNL (DNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1998&lon=-87.5952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N848E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N848E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schott Daniel G LANCAIR 4P (registry code 056056Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/schott-daniel-g-lancair-4p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR4P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 102 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011226036029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) APPROXIMATELY 75 MILES SOUTH OF CHICAGO, AT 13,000 FT AND A CRUISE SPEED OF ABOUT 240 KNOTS, THE AMATUER BUILT AIRPLANES PILOT SIDE WINDOW EXPLODED OUTWARD LEAVING A MARGIN OF ABOUT 1/2" OF GLASS AROUND THE WINDOW FRAME. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DESCENDED TO 10,000 FT AND ASKED FOR THE NEAREST AIRPORT, WHICH WAS DANVILLE IL. HE FLEW THE PLANE TO THAT LOCATION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO SCRATCHES OR CHIPS IN THE WINDOW PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING TURBULENCE AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE.

## Other reports on N848E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20091127051589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091127051589I), Nov 27, 2009: Schott Dani LANCAIR 4P (N848E), Sturgeon Bay, WI, Minor damage. Pilot was doing take offs and landings at sue and had just completed 5 and took off again to do #6, in pattern, down wind, base then final and landing and…

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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