# Incident 20190702009019I: Aero Vodochody L39C, Lakeland, FL, July 2, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2019, 14:55 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N439AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N439AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Vodochody L39C (registry code 05620RN, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l39c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Ivchenko AL-25SERIES (registry code 34702, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ivchenko-al-25series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO VODOCHODY L39C
- Reported engine: IVCHENKO AL-25SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 141 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190702009019I

## Narrative

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

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 20160510005429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160510005429I), May 10, 2016: Aero Vodochody L39C (N439AT), Tampa, FL, Minor damage. On 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…

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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