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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Learjet 45 · Cleveland, OH · June 2, 2021

Date
June 2, 2021 · 18:48 local
Place
Cleveland, OH
Airport
Cleveland-Hopkins
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N740KD
Reported as
Learjet 45
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Right windshield developed a hairline crack lower fed of screen extending longitudinal lengthwise of windshield about 50 inches while climbing to 28,000FT. Pilot referred to manual and descended. Flight deviated to cle where it landed without incident.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A HAIRLINE CRACK LOWER FED OF SCREEN EXTENDING LONGITUDINAL LENGTHWISE OF WINDSHIELD ABOUT 50 INCHES WHILE CLIMBING TO 28,000FT. PILOT REFERRED TO MANUAL AND DESCENDED. FLIGHT DEVIATED TO CLE WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.