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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pilatus PC-12/45 · Jacksonville, FL · January 12, 2025

Date
January 12, 2025 · 09:14 local
Place
Jacksonville, FL
Airport
Jacksonville Exec At Craig
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
1X3A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N525AA
Reported as
Pilatus PC-12/45
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,705 in this make and model

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.

Pilot advised that l/h windshield experienced a failure in the "outer layer" of the laminated glass thus causing spider-webbing the entire window, pilot declared emergency and landed safely with no injuries or damage to aircraft other than windshield.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ADVISED THAT L/H WINDSHIELD EXPERIENCED A FAILURE IN THE "OUTER LAYER" OF THE LAMINATED GLASS THUS CAUSING SPIDER-WEBBING THE ENTIRE WINDOW, PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY WITH NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OTHER THAN WINDSHIELD.