- Date
- September 1, 1988, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Emporia, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N257AMSwearingen SA-226
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880901039669I
- Case key
- 34638
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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
While cruising at 17,000 ft, the 1st officer's rgt window panel failed & blew outward. A cabin decompression occurred & the copilot was seriously injured. The captain immediately descended to 10,000 ft & continued to their destination where an otherwise uneventful landing was made.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N257AM
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA-226
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-389
- Airframe hours
- 16,269
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE-331, 840 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air Midwest
- Registered owner
- Air Midwest
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · August 15, 1988 · 113 hours before
- Departed
- ICT · Wichita, KS
- Destination
- MCI · Kansas City, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- EMP · Emporia
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 240 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCI, 80 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.