# Incident 20231101013409I: Textron Aviation Inc B300, Aiken, SC, November 1, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2023, 08:40 local time
- Place: Aiken, SC
- Airport: Aiken Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: O2GA
- Location: 33.6494° N, 81.6850° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AIKEN RGNL (AIK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6494&lon=-81.6850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N891UP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N891UP-2025-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron B300 (registry code 4220038, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-b300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC B300
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,989 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231101013409I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) STATED AIRCRAFT WAS ASSIGNED A CRUISE ALTITUDE OF FL260 AND WAS ON INITIAL CLIMB THROUGH FL200 IN VISUAL FLIGHT RULE CONDITIONS WHEN THERE WAS AN AUDIBLE POP. THE SECOND IN COMMAND (SIC) ACTING AS THE PILOT FLYING (PF) STATED THAT THEIR WINDSCREEN HAD SHATTERED. THE CREW CONTACTED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) AND REQUESTED TO STOP THEIR CLIMB AT FL220. THE CREW STATED THEY TOOK OUT THE AIRCRAFT’S QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK ABNORMALS CHECKLIST AND REFERENCED THE SHATTERED WINDSCREEN CHECKLIST. THE CREW STATED THEY THEN REQUESTED A LOWER ALTITUDE FROM ATC PER THE CHECKLIST AND DESCENDED TO FL160. THE CREW STATED THEY COMPLETED THE CHECKLIST BY LOWERING THE CABIN PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL TO 4.6. THE CREW STATED THE INNER PANE HAD SHATTERED WITH NO CHANGE IN PRESSURE OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE, IT WAS SAFE TO CONTINUE TO FINAL DESTINATION. THE PIC TOOK THE CONTROLS AND ACTED AS THE PF FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED FAULTY WINDSHIELD TEMP CONTROLLER AND DAMAGED WINDSCREEN.

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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