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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 45LEAR · Evansville, IN · November 4, 2004

Date: November 4, 2004
Place: Evansville, IN
Airport: Evansville Dress Regional
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N341K
Reported as: Lear 45LEAR
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Investigated occurrence received via fax great lakes roc; midwest aviation aircraft registration number N341K declared an emergency due to the right windshield window shattering. The pilot stated that forward visibility was very limited. Although pressurization was not lost, structural integrity of the windshield was in question. The aircraft landed at evv without incident. Maintenance personnel replaced the windshield windown in accordance with Lear 45 maintenance manual.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) INVESTIGATED OCCURRENCE RECEIVED VIA FAX GREAT LAKES ROC; MIDWEST AVIATION AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N341K DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO THE RIGHT WINDSHIELD WINDOW SHATTERING. THE PILOT STATED THAT FORWARD VISIBILITY WAS VERY LIMITED. ALTHOUGH PRESSURIZATION WAS NOT LOST, STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE WINDSHIELD WAS IN QUESTION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT EVV WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD WINDOWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH LEAR 45 MAINTENANCE MANUAL.