19860924062869I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C-99 · Santa Ana, CA · September 24, 1986

Date
September 24, 1986 · 20:56 local
Place
Santa Ana, CA
Airport
Orange Co
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
WWMA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N63978
Reported as
Beech C99
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,950 total1,125 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During climb, pilots emergency access window door separated aircraft. Returned for a safe landing.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CLIMB, PILOTS EMERGENCY ACCESS WINDOW DOOR SEPARATED AIRCRAFT. RETURNED FOR A SAFE LANDING.

Other reports on N63978 · 4

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.