20250213001389I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A200 · Hays, KS · February 13, 2025

Date
February 13, 2025 · 08:25 local
Place
Hays, KS
Airport
Hays Regional
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7247Y
Reported as
Beech A200
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total

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.

While in cruise flight, FL270, the left front windscreen cracked/shattered. The pilot executed an emergency descent and landed safely at khys without further incident. Subsequently a special flight permit was issued from khys to 7K7 for maintenance.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, FL270, THE LEFT FRONT WINDSCREEN CRACKED/SHATTERED. THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT AND LANDED SAFELY AT KHYS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENTLY A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT WAS ISSUED FROM KHYS TO 7K7 FOR MAINTENANCE.