# Incident 20130916021639I: Mitsubishi MU-2B-26, Lajitas, TX, September 16, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2013, 09:41 local time
- Place: Lajitas, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2616° N, 103.7766° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lajitas, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2616&lon=-103.7766&mi=10
- Aircraft: N383TX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N383TX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-26 (registry code 5780408, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MITSUBISHI MU-2B-26
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 160 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130916021639I

## Narrative

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

1) DESCRIPTION OF DEVIATION:

DURING INITIAL CLIMB OUT TO 21,000 FEET THE COPILOT?S WINDSHIELD BLEW OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AT 17,000 FEET, CAUSING A RAPID DECOMPRESSION. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY DECENT AND RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGES.

2) CAUSAL AND/OR CONTRIBUTING FACTOR NOT ALREADY ADDRESSED IN BLOCKS 13-16, IF ANY: NONE KNOWN

3) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SYSTEMIC CORRECTIVE ACTION TO REDUCE RISK OF FUTURE OCCURRENCE:

MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT SUBMITTED BY INTERNATIONAL JETS OF TULSA 800-349-6827, MARK JAMES.

4) COMMENTS IF ANY: NONE.

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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