# Incident 20190228011129I: Cessna 182T, Fitchburg, MA, February 28, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2019, 13:40 local time
- Place: Fitchburg, MA
- Airport: Fitchburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5538° N, 71.7592° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FITCHBURG MUNI (FIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5538&lon=-71.7592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N273CP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N273CP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5 (registry code 41808, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-ab1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-AB1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,521 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190228011129I

## Narrative

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

FEB 28, 2019 - RECEIVED TELECOM FROM FAA C-ROC APPROXIMATELY 18:40 HOURS LOCAL EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) REGARDING AN AIRCRAFT OCCURRENCE AT FITCHBURG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (FIT), MA. THE INCIDENT PILOT AND CO-PILOT HAD DEPARTED WATERBURY OXFORD AIRPORT (OXC) ON FEB 28, 2018 ENROUTE VFR TO FITCHBURG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (FIT), MA. THE CIVIL AIR PATROL (CAP) FLIGHT ORIGINATED AS U.S. AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION N273CP, CESSNA MODEL 182T, SERIAL NUMBER 18282354, WHICH WAS SCHEDULED TO PICK UP ANOTHER CAP AIRCRAFT THAT WAS LOCATED AT FITCHBURG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AFTER MAINTENANCE COMPLETION. DURING DESCENT INTO FIT ON FEB 28, 2019 AT 1340 HOURS LOCAL EASTERN STANDARD TIME, AT APPROXIMATELY 3,200 FEET AGL AND APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES FROM LANDING AT FIT, THE PILOTS SIDE WINDOW DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED INTO FIT FOR EMERGENCY LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED INTO FIT'S TWIN CITY AIRMOTIVE INC., MAINTENANCE FACILITY HANGAR FOR EVALUATION AND SUBSEQUENT REPAIR. THE CIVIL AIR PATROL MAINTENANCE OFFICER STATED NO MAINTENANCE EVALUATION WAS PERFORMED ON THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT'S PILOT SIDE WINDOW PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT AND THEREFORE NO MAINTENANCE RECORD ENTRY WAS COMPLETED.

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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