# Incident 20210423002779I: Hawker Beechcraft Corp HAWKER 4000, Atlantic City, NJ, April 23, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2021, 19:45 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport: Atlantic City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: OZTA
- Location: 39.4576° N, 74.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATLANTIC CITY INTL (ACY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4576&lon=-74.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N230JE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N230JE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hawker Beechcraft HAWKER 4000 (registry code 4220015, https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-beechcraft-hawker-4000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308A (registry code 52187, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw308a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORP HAWKER 4000
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW308A
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210423002779I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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