# Accident 20070202001649A: Beech B200, Cape Girardeau, MO, February 2, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2007, 09:33 local time
- Place: Cape Girardeau, MO
- Airport: Cape Girardeau Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2253° N, 89.5736° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2253&lon=-89.5736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777AJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777AJ-2008-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon B200 (registry code 7150006, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,048 total, 110 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070202001649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL270, THE PILOT'S (L/S) WINDSHIELD (INNER PANEL) SHATTERED. THE WINDSHIELD DID NOT SEPARATE FROM THE FRAME OF THE AIRCRAFT. WITHOUT CONSULTING/FOLLOWING THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL (AFM) PROCEDURE, THE PILOT ELECTED TO RAPIDLY (DUMP) DEPRESSURIZE THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEPRESSURIZED, THE PILOTS ATTEMPTED TO DON THEIR OXYGEN MASKS. BECAUSE THE OXYGEN SYSTEM WAS NOT ARMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AFM, THE PILOTS HAD TROUBLE GETTING OXYGEN TO THEIR MASKS AND SUBSEQUENTLY, IT APPEARS, BECAME HYPOXIC AND LOST USEFUL CONSCIOUSNESS. UPON REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS AT A LOWER ALTITUDE, THE PIC RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS IN AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT. UPON REGAINING CONTROL, THE PIC LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT KCGI WHERE THE DAMAGE AND SEPARATION OF PARTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE NOTICED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI07LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA063), Feb 2, 2007: Raytheon B200 (N777AJ), Cape Girardeau, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The company pilot's poor judgment before and during the flight, including turning the oxygen system ready switch to the OFF position after he conducted the preflight inspection and using an…

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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