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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B-60 · Lafayette, IN · September 2, 2009

Date
September 2, 2009 · 12:30 local
Place
Lafayette, IN
Airport
Purdue University Airport
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3876C
Reported as
Beech B-60
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-541 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total1,000 in this make and model40 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.

Aircraft was climbing through 15,000 feet when the aft starboard cabin window failed causing a decompression event. Pilot informed ATC and landed at klaf without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING THROUGH 15,000 FEET WHEN THE AFT STARBOARD CABIN WINDOW FAILED CAUSING A DECOMPRESSION EVENT. PILOT INFORMED ATC AND LANDED AT KLAF WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.