ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363387
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| Date: | Monday 29 June 1992 |
| Time: | 17:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 402B |
| Owner/operator: | Jefferson Airplane, Inc |
| Registration: | N910WT |
| MSN: | 402B0392 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9910 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tuscaloosa, AL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING FLOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME FOLLOWING REPAINTING. AFTER LEVELING OFF AT CRUISE ALTITUDE, THE PILOT HEARD WIND NOISE FROM THE CABIN & NOTED THAT THE BOTTOM OF THE EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR WAS AJAR. SHORTLY AFTERWARD IT DEPARTED THE FUSELAGE & STRUCK THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS COMPLETED. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT THE EXIT HAD BEEN MIS-RIGGED. DURING THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION, THE SEAL FOR THE UPPER CABIN DOOR WAS REPLACED BUT, THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF WORK ON THE EMERGENCY EXIT. THE RECORDS FOR THE RECENT REPAINTING OF THE AIRPLANE DID NOT REVEAL ANY WORK THAT REQUIRED THE REMOVAL OF THE EMERGENCY EXIT.
Probable Cause: THE IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THE EMERGENCY EXIT, BY AN UNKNOWN PERSON, WHICH RESULTED IN ITS SEPARATION, IN FLIGHT.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL92LA133
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 November 2001 | N910WT | Aeroflite Executive Services | 0 | Pasco, Washington | |
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| 18-Mar-2024 16:44 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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