In Flight Emergency Caught On Camera With Emergency Landing

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While flying at 3000' the windscreen suddenly blows out and the resulting wind force blows both doors out. The drag and reduced aerodynamics causes the airplane to only maintain about 60 mph while losing between 500 and 1700 feet per minute in altitude. The conclusion of this
This Arkansas flight video captures a sudden cracked windshield mid-flight! Watch as the pilot makes an emergency landing, maintaining control of the aircraft despite the shattered glass. Please LIKE this video if you did, and SUBSCRIBE to the channel for more aviation content.

00:00 intro
00:25 Windscreen and doors blow out
02:00 Initial Decision Made to Divert
03:48 Decision change to off airport landing
04:45 Landing area located
05:40 Final approach to hayfield and landing
06:30 Taxi and shutdown
07:49 After action pics and outro

FAA and NTSB were notified. FAA conducted an on site investigation and determined this was an incident and no further actions would be taken, pilot was not at fault. I must add for all the flack the FAA and NTSB receives, I cannot say a bad word about them. I had nothing but a positive and professional experience from all involved.



NOTICE: This video has been edited for content and context. Not all events that happened are in this video. This video is for entertainment and NOT intended as instructional although there are learning points to be had. I am not a CFI and no instruction is expressed nor implied.