# Incident 20020202000999I: Beech 1900D, Talkeetna, AK, February 2, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2002, 08:25 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FFSA
- Location: 62.3239° N, 150.1094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Talkeetna, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3239&lon=-150.1094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N575D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020202000999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS IN NORMAL CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL210 IN VMC WHEN PILOT WINDSHIELD SUDDENLY CRACKED. ENTIRE WINDSHIELD WAS COVERED WITH NUMEROUS FRACTURE LINES ACROSS OUTER PANE TO EDGES. THERE WERE TWO PRIMARY VERTICAL FRACTURE LINES ABOUT TWO INCHES APART NEAR CENTER OF WINDSHIELD, PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND TO SIDES OF WINDSHIELD, THAT RAN TO TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES. OTHER NUMEROUS PRIMARY FRACTURES APPEARED TO PROPAGATE HORIZONTALLY FROM THE OUTBOARD SIDES OF THE TWO PRIMARY VERTICAL FRACTURES AND CONTINUED TO THE OUTBOARD EDGES. THERE WERE NUMEROUS SMALL SECONDARY FRACTURES FORKING OFF FROM EACH PRIMARY FRACTURE FOR SHORT DISTANCES. HOWEVER, THE WINDSHIELD WAS NOT CRAZED OR ENTIRELY FILLED WITH FRACTURES AND WAS STILL VISUALLY TRANSPARENT, WITH CLEAR REGIONS AS LARGE AS ONE TO TWO SQUARE INCHES. THE OPERATOR HAD NO REASON AS TO CAUSE OF FAILURE, AND SAID THE WINDSHIELD HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED SINCE THEY TOOK POSSESSION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE FAILED WINDSHIELD HAS THE LATE-STYLE BLACK HUMP SEAL AROUND THE OUTER PERIMETER.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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