20240630011369I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 200 · Lexington, KY · June 30, 2024

Date
June 30, 2024 · 10:46 local
Place
Lexington, KY
Airport
Blue Grass
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N84XP
Reported as
Beech 200
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-61
People aboard
9
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot

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.

Aircraft was crusing at FL280 with light rime ice present. The flight conditions were IMC, the aircraft had the anti-ice equipment on as required with the left and right windshield in the normal position. According to the pilot statment the OAT read -19 degrees, while cruising the outter pane on the left side cracked. Pilot informed ATC of the cracked windshiled and diverted to the nearest airport. According to the pilot statement the aircraft descended in an expiditied manner, resulting in a depressurization of the cabin until the aircraft reached 15,000 ft. pilot safely landed the aircraft and reported that no passengers were injured or suffered any discomfort during the incident. There were no other reported mechanical abnormalities reported from the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS CRUSING AT FL280 WITH LIGHT RIME ICE PRESENT. THE FLIGHT CONDITIONS WERE IMC, THE AIRCRAFT HAD THE ANTI-ICE EQUIPMENT ON AS REQUIRED WITH THE LEFT AND RIGHT WINDSHIELD IN THE NORMAL POSITION. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT STATMENT THE OAT READ -19 DEGREES, WHILE CRUISING THE OUTTER PANE ON THE LEFT SIDE CRACKED. PILOT INFORMED ATC OF THE CRACKED WINDSHILED AND DIVERTED TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT STATEMENT THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED IN AN EXPIDITIED MANNER, RESULTING IN A DEPRESSURIZATION OF THE CABIN UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT REACHED 15,000 FT. PILOT SAFELY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AND REPORTED THAT NO PASSENGERS WERE INJURED OR SUFFERED ANY DISCOMFORT DURING THE INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO OTHER REPORTED MECHANICAL ABNORMALITIES REPORTED FROM THE PILOT.