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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aero Vodochody L39C · Lakeland, FL · July 2, 2019

Date: July 2, 2019 · 14:55 local
Place: Lakeland, FL
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N439AT
Reported as: Aero Vodochody L39C
Reported engine: Ivchenko AL-25SERIES
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,000 total141 in this make and model49 in the last 90 days

N439ATRegistered now · Aero Vodochody L39CS/N 530531 · Built 1975 Airframe modelAero Vodochody L39C Engine modelIvchenko AL-25SERIESTurbo-fan

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What happened

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

Returning from an aerobatic sortie while descending to land the aircraft suffered a cabin decompensation and then the rear cockpit canopy failed. Pilot made a safe landing and taxi to the hanger. Post incident walk around discover that the canopy hinged stay attached to the aircraft and the canopy glass and frame broke but still attached to the aircraft by outboard strap assembly that sandwich canopy frame glass together. Canopy glass material ingested into the engine and damage to the right wing and horizontal leading edge occurred.

As the FAA filed it

RETURNING FROM AN AEROBATIC SORTIE WHILE DESCENDING TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A CABIN DECOMPENSATION AND THEN THE REAR COCKPIT CANOPY FAILED. PILOT MADE A SAFE LANDING AND TAXI TO THE HANGER. POST INCIDENT WALK AROUND DISCOVER THAT THE CANOPY HINGED STAY ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND THE CANOPY GLASS AND FRAME BROKE BUT STILL ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT BY OUTBOARD STRAP ASSEMBLY THAT SANDWICH CANOPY FRAME GLASS TOGETHER. CANOPY GLASS MATERIAL INGESTED INTO THE ENGINE AND DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND HORIZONTAL LEADING EDGE OCCURRED.

Other reports on N439AT · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20160510005429ILanding: Rollout · Tampa, FLOn may 10, 2016, at 18:05 EDT time, an Aero Vodochody L39C, N439AT, s/n 530531, landed on runway 22 at Peter O Knight Airport (ktpf) in Tampa, the right main gear brake was locked upon landing, eventually blowing the right main tire, and the aircraft slid off…May 10, 2016 · Minor damage