# Incident 20250404002719I: Beech B200, Anchorage, AK, April 4, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2025, 10:10 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HXXC
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N998AK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N998AK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B200 (registry code 1152922, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42 (registry code 52062, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,024 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250404002719I

## Narrative

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

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//

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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