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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piaggio P180 · Yakima, WA · February 22, 2014

Date: February 22, 2014 · 11:31 local
Place: Yakima, WA
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N990RS
Reported as: Piaggio P180
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 series
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N990RSRegistered now · Piaggio P180S/N 1015 · Built 1992 Airframe modelPiaggio P180 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was in cruise at 36000 feet and the inner pane of the copilots three pane windshield shattered. Emergency decent was made to Yakima, WA. Aircraft was then moved with passengers to spokane, WA. I inspected windshield and informed pilot and his maintenance facility in California that the aircraft was grounded until the windshield was replaced.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE AT 36000 FEET AND THE INNER PANE OF THE COPILOTS THREE PANE WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. EMERGENCY DECENT WAS MADE TO YAKIMA, WA. AIRCRAFT WAS THEN MOVED WITH PASSENGERS TO SPOKANE, WA. I INSPECTED WINDSHIELD AND INFORMED PILOT AND HIS MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN CALIFORNIA THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED UNTIL THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED.