- Date
- December 17, 1992, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 78 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N804MABoeing 727-225A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921217053099I
- Case key
- 33181
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Probable cause
The failure of the window pane for undetermined reasons.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane was initiating its descent from FL310 when the window adjacent to seat 29F blew out. One passenger received minor ear injuries and one passenger's arm was sucked out of the window. He received minor cuts and scrapes. None of the outer window pane parts were recovered for examination to determine failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N804MA
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-225A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22435
- Airframe hours
- 31,632
- Engine
- P&W JT8D 15A, 15,500 horsepower, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Miami Air International, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Miami Air International, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · October 25, 1992 · 220 hours before
- Departed
- VLN · Valencia, OF
- Flight plan
- IFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,774 total · 862 in this make and model · 4,141 as pilot in command · 128 in the last 90 days · 54 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N804MA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.