# Accident 20160617022419A: Md MD-369E, Brainerd, MN, June 17, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2016, 14:00 local time
- Place: Brainerd, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3144° N, 94.5372° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3144&lon=-94.5372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N155NR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N155NR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: MD Helicopters 369E (registry code 3030008, https://openairdocs.org/model/md-helicopters-369e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C20R/2 (registry code 54185, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20r-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MD MD-369E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,958 total, 85 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16LA325](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16LA325) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160617022419A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WINDSCREEN SHATTERED WHILE IN CRUISE ABOUT 2O MILES SOUTH OF BRD AT 2200' MSL AND AN AIRSPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 110 MPH.  PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 13.5 MILES SOUTH OF BRD.   PILOT AND PASSENGER STATED THEY DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING COMING TOWARDS THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE SHATTERING OF WINDSCREEN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA16LA325](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16LA325), Jun 17, 2016: MD Helicopter 369E (N155NR), Brainerd, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the helicopter’s windscreen for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information, which resulted in substantial damage to the main rotor blades and horizontal…

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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