# Incident 20240630011369I: Beech 200, Lexington, KY, June 30, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2024, 10:46 local time
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Blue Grass
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0367° N, 84.6086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE GRASS (LEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0367&lon=-84.6086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84XP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84XP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-61 (registry code 52274, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-61) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-61
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240630011369I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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