20061127025139I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr LANCAIR · Challis, ID · November 27, 2006

Date
November 27, 2006 · 13:15 local
Place
Challis, ID
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1955S
Reported as
Amtr Lancair
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,200 total30 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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) While operating at FL220 during a flight from bozeman, mt to boise, ID, the pilot heard a "cracking" sound, then about one second later, he heard an explosive sound and the left side window departed the aircraft. The OAT was -35 degrees c. the pilot made an emergency descent and landed at the Challis, ID airport without incident. The pilot stated that the service bulletin issued on the side windows had been complied with. He had the cabin pressure checked to 5.0 PSI deferential after the service bulletin was complied with. He said the cabin deferential during this flight was approximately 3.5 PSI. The pilot privacy data omitted notified the Lancair factory and is awaiting a determination of the cause of the window failure.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE OPERATING AT FL220 DURING A FLIGHT FROM BOZEMAN, MT TO BOISE, ID, THE PILOT HEARD A "CRACKING" SOUND, THEN ABOUT ONE SECOND LATER, HE HEARD AN EXPLOSIVE SOUND AND THE LEFT SIDE WINDOW DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE OAT WAS -35 DEGREES C. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY DESCENT AND LANDED AT THE CHALLIS, ID AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED ON THE SIDE WINDOWS HAD BEEN COMPLIED WITH. HE HAD THE CABIN PRESSURE CHECKED TO 5.0 PSI DEFERENTIAL AFTER THE SERVICE BULLETIN WAS COMPLIED WITH. HE SAID THE CABIN DEFERENTIAL DURING THIS FLIGHT WAS APPROXIMATELY 3.5 PSI. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ NOTIFIED THE LANCAIR FACTORY AND IS AWAITING A DETERMINATION OF THE CAUSE OF THE WINDOW FAILURE.