20221221018699I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Israel Aircraft Industries Astra SPX · Greer, SC · December 21, 2022

Date
December 21, 2022 · 14:31 local
Place
Greer, SC
Airport
Greenville Spartanburg International
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N919DS
Reported as
Israel Aircraft Industries Astra SPX
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
11,227 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.

Eon-dra message text: Greer, SC (gsp): privacy data omitted, astr, reported a cracked windshield and landed without incident. POB: unknown, injuries: unknown, damage: extent unknown. 12/21/2022 1931Z

Rt. Seat pilot description of windshield incident:

On December 21, 2022 on a flight from kfrg to kryy, the rightside (co-pilot's) windshield outer pane ruptured. During preflight, no abnormalities were noted. There was some delamination noted on the co-pilots windshield, it was inspected by maintenance and deemed airworthy. Throughout the flight the delamination had progressively gotten worse and eventually the outer pane let loose. Aircrew declared an emergency and diverted to kgsp and landed safely with no further issues.

As the FAA filed it

EON-DRA MESSAGE TEXT: GREER, SC (GSP): ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ASTR, REPORTED A CRACKED WINDSHIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. POB: UNKNOWN, INJURIES: UNKNOWN, DAMAGE: EXTENT UNKNOWN. 12/21/2022 1931Z

RT. SEAT PILOT DESCRIPTION OF WINDSHIELD INCIDENT:

ON DECEMBER 21, 2022 ON A FLIGHT FROM KFRG TO KRYY, THE RIGHTSIDE (CO-PILOT'S) WINDSHIELD OUTER PANE RUPTURED. DURING PREFLIGHT, NO ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTED. THERE WAS SOME DELAMINATION NOTED ON THE CO-PILOTS WINDSHIELD, IT WAS INSPECTED BY MAINTENANCE AND DEEMED AIRWORTHY. THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT THE DELAMINATION HAD PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE AND EVENTUALLY THE OUTER PANE LET LOOSE. AIRCREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO KGSP AND LANDED SAFELY WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.