What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On November 9th 2016 at approximately 1600 local time, a commercial pilot was involved in an aircraft incident during climb out after departure from the Salina regional airport (ksln), Salina, Kansas.
The aircraft departed ksln in the morning for a local training flight to practice commercial maneuvers and teaching methods. The pilot was training to earn a certified flight instructor rating. Upon climb out around 1900 feet above ground level the airman heard something impact the aircraft. The airman looked behind into the aft seat area of the aircraft and observed the aft window shattered; airman immediately contacted the ksln air traffic control tower for a clearance to land. Ksln air traffic control tower cleared the aircraft into the traffic pattern and the aircraft landed on runway 30 safely without further incident. The airman did not report and aircraft or flight control anomaly as a result.
The airman on board the aircraft at the time of this incident did not sustain any injuries; the aircraft sustained minor damage. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed at the airport at the time of the incident.
As the FAA filed it
ON NOVEMBER 9TH 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 LOCAL TIME, A COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT DURING CLIMB OUT AFTER DEPARTURE FROM THE SALINA REGIONAL AIRPORT (KSLN), SALINA, KANSAS.
THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KSLN IN THE MORNING FOR A LOCAL TRAINING FLIGHT TO PRACTICE COMMERCIAL MANEUVERS AND TEACHING METHODS. THE PILOT WAS TRAINING TO EARN A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATING. UPON CLIMB OUT AROUND 1900 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL THE AIRMAN HEARD SOMETHING IMPACT THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRMAN LOOKED BEHIND INTO THE AFT SEAT AREA OF THE AIRCRAFT AND OBSERVED THE AFT WINDOW SHATTERED; AIRMAN IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE KSLN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER FOR A CLEARANCE TO LAND. KSLN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 30 SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRMAN DID NOT REPORT AND AIRCRAFT OR FLIGHT CONTROL ANOMALY AS A RESULT.
THE AIRMAN ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES; THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.