# Incident 20260228001779I: Cessna 560, Prescott, AZ, February 28, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2026, 15:55 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30CV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30CV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560 (registry code 2076750, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 series (registry code 52060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-1-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D-1
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260228001779I

## Narrative

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

FLYING BACK FROM HOUSTON WITH 7 PASSENGERS.

CRUISING AT 38K, HEARD LOUD BANG, DECOMPRESSION ENSUED. HE WAS ABLE TO GET HIS OXYGEN MASK ON. CALLED IN AN EMERGENCY. ATC ASKED IF HE WANTED TO DIVERT TO FLAGSTAFF, HE REJECTED OFFER. HE WAS NOW AT 10K AND TOLD ATC HE COULD FLY BACK TO HND WHERE HIS HANGAR IS LOCATED. A SHORT VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE COCKPIT REVEALED RIGHT HAND SIDE COCKPIT WINDOW HAD CRACKED AND WAS THE CAUSE OF THE BANG AND FOLLOWING DECOMPRESSION. HE FLEW BACK TO HND WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.

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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