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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B200 · Anchorage, AK · April 4, 2025

Date
April 4, 2025 · 10:10 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill Field
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HXXC
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N998AK
Reported as
Beech B200
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
4,024 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.

Aircraft departed pamr. Aircraft was climbing through flight level 200/220. Pilot turned on windshield heat prior to going through some light clouds. Moments later he heard a pop and noticed the co-pilots windshied had cracked. He declared and emergency and returned to pamr and landed without incident. //end//

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PAMR. AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING THROUGH FLIGHT LEVEL 200/220. PILOT TURNED ON WINDSHIELD HEAT PRIOR TO GOING THROUGH SOME LIGHT CLOUDS. MOMENTS LATER HE HEARD A POP AND NOTICED THE CO-PILOTS WINDSHIED HAD CRACKED. HE DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO PAMR AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. //END//