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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hawker Beechcraft HAWKER 4000 · Atlantic City, NJ · April 23, 2021

Date: April 23, 2021 · 19:45 local
Place: Atlantic City, NJ
Airport: Atlantic City International
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: OZTA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N230JE
Reported as: Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 4000
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308A
People aboard: 9
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 2

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

At departing kteb, 12 minutes into the flight passing FL250, aircraft experienced a failure of the outer pane of the copilot side window. Within 5 seconds aircraft had explosive decompression of copilots side window when most of the inner pane of the coplots side window exited the aircraft.

Crew executed emergency descent, crew found it very difficult to communicate with each other and ATC verbally due to extreme noise in cockpit. Crew performed emergency descent and landing at kacy landed and taxied in with no further issues.

As the FAA filed it

AT DEPARTING KTEB, 12 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT PASSING FL250, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE OUTER PANE OF THE COPILOT SIDE WINDOW. WITHIN 5 SECONDS AIRCRAFT HAD EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION OF COPILOTS SIDE WINDOW WHEN MOST OF THE INNER PANE OF THE COPLOTS SIDE WINDOW EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

CREW EXECUTED EMERGENCY DESCENT, CREW FOUND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER AND ATC VERBALLY DUE TO EXTREME NOISE IN COCKPIT. CREW PERFORMED EMERGENCY DESCENT AND LANDING AT KACY LANDED AND TAXIED IN WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.