- Date
- September 18, 1979
- Place
- Tampa, FL · TAMPA, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N111DCHam-Flugzeu HFB320
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790918030189A
- Case key
- 133493
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2707 79/9/18 NR.TAMPA,FL HAM-FLUGZEU HFB320 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 6096 TIME - 1513 N111DC PX- 0 0 4 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 129 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAMPA,FL CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WINDSHIELDS,WINDOWS,CANOPIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION REMARKS- PILOTS SIDE WINDOW OPENED INFLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N111DC
- Reported as
- Ham-Flugzeu HFB320
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N111DCRegistration cancelled Aug 28, 2014 · Hamburger Flugzeugbau HFB 320 HANSAAirframe modelHamburger Flugzeugbau HFB 320 HANSAEngine modelGE CJ610-SER series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.