# Incident 20210225002159I: Learjet75 LJ45, Houston, TX, February 25, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2021, 17:13 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Hobby
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: XA-MBC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET75 LJ45
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210225002159I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT XA-MBC (CS LET7280) DEPARTED KHOU @ 17:04 CST ON 02/25/2021 ENROUTE KLRD WITH 04 PASSENGERS ONBOARD. DURING ASCENT, AT APPROXIMATELY FL260, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A CRACK FAILURE OF THE R/H WINDSCREEN. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN DECENT PROCEDURES AND RETURNED TO KHOU WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AT APPROXIMATELY 17:31 CST.

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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