# Incident 20250802009589I: Aeroprakt A22LS, Plainview, AR, August 2, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2025, 15:07 local time
- Place: Plainview, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9899° N, 93.2979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainview, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9899&lon=-93.2979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231TK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231TK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeroprakt Manufacturing SP Zoo A22LS (registry code 06001A0, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeroprakt-manufacturing-sp-zoo-a22ls) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROPRAKT A22LS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 361 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250802009589I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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