ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 314652
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| Date: | Sunday 25 April 2010 |
| Time: | 15:40 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage |
| Owner/operator: | T & K LLC |
| Registration: | N46PT |
| MSN: | 4622108 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Owensboro, Kentucky -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Carbondale-Southern Illinois Airport, IL (MDH/KMDH) |
| Winston-Salem-Smith-Reynolds Airport, NC (INT/KINT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While flying at 15,000 feet in the pressurized airplane, the pilot's side window blew out. The pilot successfully diverted to a nearby airport and landed uneventfully after performing an instrument approach in instrument meteorological conditions. Postincident examination of the window revealed that the primary fracture, which ultimately resulted in the in-flight loss of the window, exhibited signatures of preexisting cracking. The airframe manufacturer had previously issued a service bulletin that detailed inspections of the window for cracking, and while the cracking observed on the incident window occurred outside of the area called out in the service bulletin, review of the incident airplane's maintenance records showed no evidence that any portion of the service bulletin had ever been complied with.
Probable Cause: A failure of the pilot's side window due to undetected cracking around the lower aft portion of the storm window cutout.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA10IA254
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 December 2006 | N46PT | 0 | Atlanta, Georgia | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Jun-2023 19:08 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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