# Incident 20120604023249I: Federsen Walter LANCAIR IVP, Bluffton, OH, June 4, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2012, 21:52 local time
- Place: Bluffton, OH
- Airport: Bluffton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8854° N, 83.8686° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUFFTON (5G7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8854&lon=-83.8686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40941, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40941-2018-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Federsen Walter LANCAIR IVP (registry code 05611WL, https://openairdocs.org/model/federsen-walter-lancair-ivp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550 series (registry code 17043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FEDERSEN WALTER LANCAIR IVP
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 150 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120604023249I

## Narrative

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

WHEN DISCUSSING THE EVENTS WITH THE PILOT OF N40941, HE STATED THAT DURING THE COURSE OF HIS FLIGHT THAT EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL.  HE WAS ESTABLISHED IN CRUISE AT FL 200, HE THEN STATED THAT HE HEARD A LOUD BANG. WHEN HE LOOKED IN THE BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT HE DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT REAR WINDOW HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT THEN REQUSTED A LOWER ALTITUDE AND LANDED IN BLUFFTON, OHIO, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IS BASED.

## Other reports on N40941 (1)

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

- [Accident 20140727012809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140727012809A), Jul 27, 2014: Federsen Walter LANCAIR IVP (N40941), Findlay, OH, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On 07/27/2014 around 01:00 toledo ATC took N40941, a lance air ivp at 14,500' and 280 knots inbound for a full stop landing at bluffton (5G7). The pilot in…

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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