20191223020049I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Iai Gulfstream G280 · Amarillo, TX · December 23, 2019

Date: December 23, 2019 · 13:25 local
Place: Amarillo, TX
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N15N
Reported as: Iai Gulfstream G280
Reported engine: Honeywell AS907-2-1G
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,000 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

On December 23, 2019, while conducting a ferry flight to love field (kdal): N15N, a Gulfstream G280, serial number 2183 , declared an in-flight emergency due to a cracked co-pilots window. Aircraft landed at Amarillo (ama) airport without incident.

On December 26, 2019, aog team from gulf stream aircraft company arrived at ama to replaced cracked window. Performed troubleshooting on window heat system and discovered window thermistor was defective causing window to overheat and crack.

On December 28, 2019, window was replaced and aircraft departed without incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 23, 2019, WHILE CONDUCTING A FERRY FLIGHT TO LOVE FIELD (KDAL): N15N, A GULFSTREAM G280, SERIAL NUMBER 2183 , DECLARED AN IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY DUE TO A CRACKED CO-PILOTS WINDOW. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT AMARILLO (AMA) AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT.

ON DECEMBER 26, 2019, AOG TEAM FROM GULF STREAM AIRCRAFT COMPANY ARRIVED AT AMA TO REPLACED CRACKED WINDOW. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING ON WINDOW HEAT SYSTEM AND DISCOVERED WINDOW THERMISTOR WAS DEFECTIVE CAUSING WINDOW TO OVERHEAT AND CRACK.

ON DECEMBER 28, 2019, WINDOW WAS REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.