20250517004869I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 560XL · Charleston, SC · May 17, 2025

Date
May 17, 2025 · 14:25 local
Place
Charleston, SC
Airport
Charleston Afb/International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
3EJA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N824JS
Reported as
Cessna 560XL
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
29,500 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.

During normal climb through 18000 ft out of kgge; the pilot side forward window shattered. Checklist for cockpit cracked/shattered forward side windshield was followed. An emergency was declared and the aircraft landed at kchs without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

DURING NORMAL CLIMB THROUGH 18000 FT OUT OF KGGE; THE PILOT SIDE FORWARD WINDOW SHATTERED. CHECKLIST FOR COCKPIT CRACKED/SHATTERED FORWARD SIDE WINDSHIELD WAS FOLLOWED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT KCHS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.