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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aeroprakt A22LS · Plainview, AR · August 2, 2025

Date
August 2, 2025 · 15:07 local
Place
Plainview, AR
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N231TK
Reported as
Aeroprakt A22LS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
361 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.

The incident aircraft, a special light sport aircraft (slsa), was in cruise flight at 3,000 feet AGL when suddenly, the primary windscreen failed. This caused a windblast into the cockpit, which subsequently caused the entry doors to break and blow outward due to the overpressure of the wind entering the cockpit. A video was provided by the pilot-in-command (PIC), showing no foreign object striking the windscreen. The PIC responded effectively by establishing a decending glide and executing an emergency landing in a grass field without incident. No injuries were sustained. The damage sustained to the aircraft in this incident was a broken primary windscreen, left and right door windows and frames broken, left and right-wing root fairing damage, and a small puncture in the left flaperon. The aircraft was released to the owner for repairs.

As the FAA filed it

THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT, A SPECIAL LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT (SLSA), WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 3,000 FEET AGL WHEN SUDDENLY, THE PRIMARY WINDSCREEN FAILED. THIS CAUSED A WINDBLAST INTO THE COCKPIT, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED THE ENTRY DOORS TO BREAK AND BLOW OUTWARD DUE TO THE OVERPRESSURE OF THE WIND ENTERING THE COCKPIT. A VIDEO WAS PROVIDED BY THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC), SHOWING NO FOREIGN OBJECT STRIKING THE WINDSCREEN. THE PIC RESPONDED EFFECTIVELY BY ESTABLISHING A DECENDING GLIDE AND EXECUTING AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A GRASS FIELD WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO THE AIRCRAFT IN THIS INCIDENT WAS A BROKEN PRIMARY WINDSCREEN, LEFT AND RIGHT DOOR WINDOWS AND FRAMES BROKEN, LEFT AND RIGHT-WING ROOT FAIRING DAMAGE, AND A SMALL PUNCTURE IN THE LEFT FLAPERON. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED TO THE OWNER FOR REPAIRS.