# Incident 20070320004659I: Saab 340B, Middletown, PA, March 20, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2007, 13:20 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NSVA
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N196CJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N196CJ-2013-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (registry code 7860101, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7-9B (registry code 30148, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-9b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- Reported engine: GE CT79B
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 2,684 in this make and model, 236 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070320004659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT 5247 WAS AT CRUISE WHEN THE LEFT FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED, PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT MIDDLETOWN, AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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