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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 414A · Stockton, CA · June 6, 2007

Date
June 6, 2007 · 09:25 local
Place
Stockton, CA
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
LOYA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N37U
Reported as
Cessna 414A
People aboard
2
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 assigned occurrence from western pacific daily report on 06/06/07. Report indicated pilot had "problems with a window." Subsequent telephone interview with company director of maintenance revealed that what in fact occurred was that the pilot reported hearing a loud bang, accompanied by the departure from the aircraft of approximately 60% of the surface of the co-pilot's windshield. A section of the glareshield was also lost with the decompression event. Control of the aircraft was maintained and the aircraft landed without injury to personnel. Pilot reports no recollection of bird strike. Company dom filed SDR & m or d documentation.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) INVESTIGATED ASSIGNED OCCURRENCE FROM WESTERN PACIFIC DAILY REPORT ON 06/06/07. REPORT INDICATED PILOT HAD "PROBLEMS WITH A WINDOW." SUBSEQUENT TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH COMPANY DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE REVEALED THAT WHAT IN FACT OCCURRED WAS THAT THE PILOT REPORTED HEARING A LOUD BANG, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPARTURE FROM THE AIRCRAFT OF APPROXIMATELY 60% OF THE SURFACE OF THE CO-PILOT'S WINDSHIELD. A SECTION OF THE GLARESHIELD WAS ALSO LOST WITH THE DECOMPRESSION EVENT. CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAINTAINED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INJURY TO PERSONNEL. PILOT REPORTS NO RECOLLECTION OF BIRD STRIKE. COMPANY DOM FILED SDR & M OR D DOCUMENTATION.