# Incident 20250503005149I: Cessna 182T, West Palm Beach, FL, May 3, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2025, 12:38 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N420FW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N420FW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 546 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250503005149I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT PREFLIGHTED BY PIC WITH NO IDENTIFIED INDICATIONS OF WINDOW HINGE FAILURE.

IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE WINDOW ASSEMBLY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER PIC TURNED ON CLIMATE CONTROL. NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

INCIDENT OCCURED OFFSHORE EAST OF WEST PALM BEACH. NO REPORTED CONTACT WITH AREA PERSONNEL OR VESSELS ON THE OCEAN.

AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY ADVISED ATC, DIVERTED TO F45 FOR LANDING WITH NO ADDITIONAL ANOMOLIES.

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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