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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Gulfstream Aerospace GV-SP (G550) · Chesterfield, MO · July 16, 2020

Date
July 16, 2020 · 14:50 local
Place
Chesterfield, MO
Airport
Spirit Of St Louis
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N945TM
Reported as
Gulfstream Aerospace GV-SP (G550)
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce BR-700 series
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
8,661 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.

During climb out passing 3000 ft cruising at 250KTS crew heard a high pitch electrical squeal followed immediately by a pop and a puff of smoke from where the co-pilots windscreen meets the glare shield.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CLIMB OUT PASSING 3000 FT CRUISING AT 250KTS CREW HEARD A HIGH PITCH ELECTRICAL SQUEAL FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A POP AND A PUFF OF SMOKE FROM WHERE THE CO-PILOTS WINDSCREEN MEETS THE GLARE SHIELD.