# Accident 20240618016589A: Beech 58P, Escalante, UT, June 18, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2024, 20:09 local time
- Place: Escalante, UT
- Airport: Page Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5187° N, 111.1955° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5187&lon=-111.1955&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9NS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9NS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58P (registry code 1152744, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,532 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA211) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240618016589A

## Narrative

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

ON 6/19/24 PGA TOWER REPORTED THE FOLLOWING:

"AIRCRAFT SQUAWKED EMRG AT FL210 AND STARTED A RAPID DESCENT AND SOUTHBOUND TURN TOWARD THE PGA AIRPORT. FROM THIS POINT UNTIL LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT COMMUNICATE WITH ATC. UPON LANDING SAFELY, THE PILOT CONTACTED ZDV AND INFORMED US THAT HIS WINDSHIELD DISINTEGRATED. 06/19/2024 0103Z"

PILOT STATED HE HAD AN UNEVENTFUL DEPARTURE OUT OF KHND AT 6:03PM PDT. DURING LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL210 PILOT STATED HE FELT THE FORCE OF AN EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. PILOT DONNED HIS O2 MASK AND INITIATED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT, SQUAWKED 7700, AND DIVERTED TO KPGA. PILOT STATED HIS WATCH MEASURED THE NOISE LEVEL TO BE 117DB SO HE WAS UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ATC. PILOT LANDED AT KPGA WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AT THIS TIME IT IS NOT KNOWN WHY THE WINDSHIELD FAILED. PILOT STATED AFTER RELEASE FROM NTSB HE HAD MULTIPLE A&P MECHANICS LOOK AT THE DAMAGE AND THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE WINDSHIELD FAILURE EITHER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR24LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA211), Jun 19, 2024: Beech 58P (N9NS), Escalante, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the windshield for undetermined reasons.

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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