# Incident 20021114032569I: Emb EMB135LR, New York, NY, November 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2002, 12:24 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: La Guardia
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N706RG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N706RG-2019-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-135LR (registry code 3260305, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-135lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison AE-3007A (registry code 03030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-ae-3007a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB135LR
- People aboard: 34
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,481 total, 1,047 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021114032569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 11/14/2002 AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHT #4463 A/C N706RG; 11/14/2002 - CREW REPORTED AT 27,000 FEET IN CRUISE THAT THE FIRST OFFICER'S WINDSHIELD OUTER PANE SHATTERED, CABIN OXYGEN MASK DEPLOYED AND AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TO 11,000 FEET. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO RAMP. WINDSHIELD PART NUMBER 163500110, SERIAL #1780. INSTALLATION DATE 8/12/2001 @ STATION CHM. CHIEF PILOT ADVISES THAT THE AIRCRAFT CAPTAIN IN COMMAND INTENTIONALLY DECOMPRESSED THE AIRCRAFT UPON DESCENT, DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE WINDSHIELD'S INTEGRITY. CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND PROCEEDED TO LAGUARDIA AIRPORT. 11/19/2002: PROVIDED INFORMATION FROM SIMA FLIGHT OPERATION: "AT CRUISE FLIGHT LEVEL 270 SOMEWHERE NORTH OF ACY HEARD A LOUD BANG AND SAW FIRST OFFICER'S WINDSHIELD HAD SHATTERED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO TELL IF IT WAS JUST OUTER OR INNER PANE. FOLLOWED AOM EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND DURING DESCENT PAX OXYGEN MASK DEPLOYED. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND CONTINUED TO LAGUARDIA AIRPORT FOR LANDING. FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS BRIEFED ON OCCURRENCE, AND BRIEFED PAX. NO BRACE ORDER WAS GIVEN ON LANDING. PAX SEEMED IN GOOD SPIRITS DURING DEPLANING." 31 PAX, 2 FLIGHT CREW AND 1 FLIGHT ATTENDANT ON BOARD AIRCRAFT DURING INCIDENT. NO REPORTED INJURIES.

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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