20221127018839I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hawker Beechcraft HAWKER 4000 · Fort Lauderdale, FL · November 27, 2022

Date
November 27, 2022 · 18:19 local
Place
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Airport
Opa Locka
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
OZTA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3663T
Reported as
Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 4000
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport

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.

On 11/27/2022 @ 2319Z after departure from opf no passengers on board climbing through 12000 ft. the copilot side window shattered. Due to several other cockpit side window events on Hawker 4000 aircraft with this air carrier. The flight crew declares with ATC an emergency and turns back to opf. During return to opf flight crew observes sparks coming from the copilots side window and the window continued to crack further. Burning smell was also reported by the flight crew. Flight crew then elected to turn off windshield heat. Aircraft landed opf runway 27R without further incident, opf airport fire rescue did respond to the runway no injuries were reported.

As the FAA filed it

ON 11/27/2022 @ 2319Z AFTER DEPARTURE FROM OPF NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD CLIMBING THROUGH 12000 FT. THE COPILOT SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED. DUE TO SEVERAL OTHER COCKPIT SIDE WINDOW EVENTS ON HAWKER 4000 AIRCRAFT WITH THIS AIR CARRIER. THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARES WITH ATC AN EMERGENCY AND TURNS BACK TO OPF. DURING RETURN TO OPF FLIGHT CREW OBSERVES SPARKS COMING FROM THE COPILOTS SIDE WINDOW AND THE WINDOW CONTINUED TO CRACK FURTHER. BURNING SMELL WAS ALSO REPORTED BY THE FLIGHT CREW. FLIGHT CREW THEN ELECTED TO TURN OFF WINDSHIELD HEAT. AIRCRAFT LANDED OPF RUNWAY 27R WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, OPF AIRPORT FIRE RESCUE DID RESPOND TO THE RUNWAY NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.