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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Beech 300 · Omaha, NE · February 22, 2010

Date
February 22, 2010 · 14:39 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Airport
Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
RU3A
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N81
Reported as
Beech 300
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
18,000 total4,500 in this make and model150 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.

On February 22, 2010, at approximately 1440 CDT, the pilot in command of N81, a Beechcraft 300, experienced a failure of the copilot's windshield during cruise flight in IMC conditions at flight level 230. The PIC reported light to moderate icing conditions and stated that the windshield heat was on. The aircraft was being operated by aviation system standards as flight check 81 departing wichita, Kansas with the destination of tekamah, Nebraska. Once the windshield failed, the aircraft diverted to Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska. The aircraft landed without further incident. No injuries were reported.

As the FAA filed it

ON FEBRUARY 22, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 1440 CDT, THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N81, A BEECHCRAFT 300, EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE COPILOT'S WINDSHIELD DURING CRUISE FLIGHT IN IMC CONDITIONS AT FLIGHT LEVEL 230. THE PIC REPORTED LIGHT TO MODERATE ICING CONDITIONS AND STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD HEAT WAS ON. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY AVIATION SYSTEM STANDARDS AS FLIGHT CHECK 81 DEPARTING WICHITA, KANSAS WITH THE DESTINATION OF TEKAMAH, NEBRASKA. ONCE THE WINDSHIELD FAILED, THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO EPPLEY AIRFIELD IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.