# Incident 20221221018699I: Israel Aircraft Industries ASTRA SPX, Greer, SC, December 21, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2022, 14:31 local time
- Place: Greer, SC
- Airport: Greenville Spartanburg International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8957° N, 82.2189° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG INTL (GSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8957&lon=-82.2189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N919DS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES ASTRA SPX
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,227 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221221018699I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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