# SDR 20010417AP003

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 11, 2001
- Submitted: April 11, 2001
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: N5439N
- Make and model: Amtr LONGEZ
- Aircraft time: 240 hours
- Engine: Lyc IO540*
- System (JASC): [5610 · Flight Compartment Windows](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5610)
- Part: Canopy
- Condition: Failed
- Location: Canopy Latch
- Part time: 240 hours
- Stage of operation: NR
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20010417AP003

## Discrepancy

CANOPY SHATTERED IN FLIGHT, DEPARTED AIRCRAFT AND HIT PROP, DESTROYING PROP. PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING. IT APPEARS THE LONG-EZ CANOPY FRAME LATCH PASSED THROUGH THE FRAME AND RESTED ON THE GLASS. THE GLASS SHATTERED.

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