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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Learjet 45 · Louisville, KY · December 31, 2020

Date
December 31, 2020 · 17:45 local
Place
Louisville, KY
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HVJA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N45EJ
Reported as
Learjet 45
Reported engine
Alliedsign TFE-731-2B
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
9,194 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.

Copilot's window cracked while in route to destination airport. Crew declared an emergency and landed without further incident at destination airport.

As the FAA filed it

COPILOT'S WINDOW CRACKED WHILE IN ROUTE TO DESTINATION AIRPORT. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AT DESTINATION AIRPORT.