What happened
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(-23) Aircraft on IFR flight plan from Coeur d'Alene, ID (coe) to seattle, WA (bfi). While climbing thru FL 200 to be assigned altitude of FL220, the forward right hand side window blew out and departed the aircraft. Pieces of the window were struck by the right hand propeller causing damage to two of the three deice boots. No other damage was noted on the aircraft. There were two passengers with no reported injuries. The pilot descended to a safe altitude, reported the incident to ATC and subsequently returned to coe. The windows are original equipment and no particular point of failure was identified.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT ON IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM COEUR D'ALENE, ID (COE) TO SEATTLE, WA (BFI). WHILE CLIMBING THRU FL 200 TO BE ASSIGNED ALTITUDE OF FL220, THE FORWARD RIGHT HAND SIDE WINDOW BLEW OUT AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. PIECES OF THE WINDOW WERE STRUCK BY THE RIGHT HAND PROPELLER CAUSING DAMAGE TO TWO OF THE THREE DEICE BOOTS. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE TWO PASSENGERS WITH NO REPORTED INJURIES. THE PILOT DESCENDED TO A SAFE ALTITUDE, REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO ATC AND SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNED TO COE. THE WINDOWS ARE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT AND NO PARTICULAR POINT OF FAILURE WAS IDENTIFIED.
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