# Incident 20200701005329I: Piper PA-31T, Watkins, CO, July 1, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2020, 08:46 local time
- Place: Watkins, CO
- Airport: Colorado Air And Space Port
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7842° N, 104.5376° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLORADO AIR AND SPACE PORT (CFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7842&lon=-104.5376&mi=10
- Aircraft: N400CM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N400CM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-27-28 (registry code 61504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-27-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31T
- Reported engine: U/A CANADA PT6A-27-28
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,220 total, 3,228 in this make and model, 255 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200701005329I

## Narrative

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

ON 7/1/2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 0846 LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT?S COCKPIT SIDE WINDOW BLEW OUT AND THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A RAPID DECOMPRESSION. AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY DESCENT TO 10000? AND RETURNED TO COLORADO AIR AND SPACE PORT AIRPORT (KCFO).

THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT CRUISE AT 24000? IN VFR WITH THE AUTO-PILOT ENGAGED PERFORMING AN AERIAL SURVEY. TWO PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

## Other reports on N400CM (1)

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

- [Incident 19901121057079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901121057079I), Nov 21, 1990: Piper PA31T (N400CM), Youngstown, OH, Minor damage. Struck trees while on approach to airport. Landed safely.

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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