# Incident 20130514008249I: Piper PA-34-220T, Allentown, PA, May 14, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2013, 17:38 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Lehigh Valley International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6524° N, 75.4404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEHIGH VALLEY INTL (ABE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6524&lon=-75.4404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4354K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-220T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 420 total, 120 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130514008249I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ENROUTE TTN - BDR AT 4.000 FEET 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABE PILOT EXPERIENCED A WHISTLING COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT WINDOW. PILOT NOTICED A CRACK IN THE WINDOW GOING FROM THE SMALL WINDOW/DOOR IN THE LEFT FRONT SIDE WINDOW TO THE FORWARD EDGE AT ABOUT 30 DEGREES. AT THAT TIME THE PILOT STATED HE DECREASED AIRSPEED TO 110 KNOTS INDICATED AND  HEARD SEVERAL POPS AND NOTICED ADDITIONAL CRACKS IN THE SAME AREA. A LARGE PORTION OF THE WINDOW THEN BROKE AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT STRIKING THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILATOR DENTING IT AND DAMAGING THE DE-ICE BOOT. PILOT NOTIFIED ATC OF THE SITUATION AND DIVERTED TO ABE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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