# Incident 20201216019259I: Boeing 757-200 SERIES, Palmdale, CA, December 16, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2020, 21:30 local time
- Place: Palmdale, CA
- Airport: Plant 42
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5794° N, 118.1165° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmdale, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5794&lon=-118.1165&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N757A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-200 SERIES (registry code 1384950, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2037 (registry code 52117, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757-200 SERIES
- Reported engine: P & W PW2037
- People aboard: 27
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201216019259I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/16/2020 N757A A 757 AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY BOEING FLIGHT TEST DEPARTED FROM (EWD) AFB CA. TO (STL)MO. DURING CLIMB OUT THE PILOT REPORTED A CRACKED WIND SCREEN AND ANNOUNCED  AN  EMERGENCY. N757A WAS CLEARED TO (PMD) PLANT 42 PALMDALE CA. AND 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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