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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Learjet 45 · Birmingham, AL · May 1, 2021

Date
May 1, 2021 · 14:25 local
Place
Birmingham, AL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N946RM
Reported as
Learjet 45
Reported engine
Honeywell TFE731-40BR1B
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
8,200 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.

PIC privacy data omitted reported that after leveling off at flight level 270 the pilot side windshield shattered. They followed checklist and returned to bhm. The aircraft is in maintenance for repair and evaluation.

As the FAA filed it

PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THAT AFTER LEVELING OFF AT FLIGHT LEVEL 270 THE PILOT SIDE WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. THEY FOLLOWED CHECKLIST AND RETURNED TO BHM. THE AIRCRAFT IS IN MAINTENANCE FOR REPAIR AND EVALUATION.