# Incident 20060325004209I: Aerovd L39C, San Antonio, TX, March 25, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2006, 14:22 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N748BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N748BA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Vodochody L39C (registry code 05620RN, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l39c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Ivchenko AL-25SERIES (registry code 34702, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ivchenko-al-25series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROVD L39C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060325004209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 25, 2006, AT 1422 CDT, PILOT IN COMMAND REPORTED TO HOUSTON ARTCC OF LOSING THE AIRCRAFT'S REAR CANOPY OVER AN OPEN FIELD SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT COCKPIT CANOPY WAS EJECTED THIS ACTION RESULTED, DUE TO UNSECURED LATCHES TO HINGES ON AIRFRAME. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES REPORTED.

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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