# Incident 20100319029689I: Klaas Devel LANCAIR IV-, Carrolton, GA, March 19, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2010, 09:52 local time
- Place: Carrolton, GA
- Airport: West Georgia Regional - O V Gray F
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6317° N, 85.1523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WEST GEORGIA RGNL/O V GRAY FLD (CTJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6317&lon=-85.1523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N541EM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N541EM-2018-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Klaas Development LANCAIR IV-P (registry code 05607KF, https://openairdocs.org/model/klaas-development-lancair-iv-p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KLAAS DEVEL LANCAIR IV-
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,958 total, 57 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100319029689I

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO STATEMENT FROM PILOT, WHILE ENROUTE FROM TYS DIRECT TO DTS AT APPROX. 16000 FT CABIN DOOR WINDOW FAILED AND DEPARTED AIRCRAFT. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY WITH ATLANTA ARTCC AND DESCENDED BELOW 10000 FT. PILOT THEN REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO NEAREST AIRPORT AND WAS DIRECTED TO LAND AT CTJ. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N541EM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20140903023579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140903023579A), Sep 3, 2014: Klaas Development Inc LANCAIR IV-P (N541EM), Ooltewah, TN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Shortly after reaching cruise altitude the pilot reported that he was "having trouble holding altitude," he then descended to 15,000 feet MSL, reported "engine…

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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