# Incident 19970911033539I: Cessna 402B, Broken Bow, NE, September 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1997, 18:42 local time
- Place: Broken Bow, NE
- Airport: Broken Bow Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JDWA
- Location: 41.4365° N, 99.6422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Broken Bow Municipal Airport (BBW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4365&lon=-99.6422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1575T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1575T-2011-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,406 total, 39 in this make and model, 219 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970911033539I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1997, APPROXIMATELY 1840 CDT, CESSNA, 402B, N1575T, DEPARTED THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA (BBW), AS SUBURBAN AIR FREIGHT, INC., FLIGHT NUMBER 9. SHORTLY FOLLOWING DEPARTURE, THE FLIGHT CREW DOOR OPENED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CREW DOOR, CREW DOOR FRAME AND LEFT HAD WINDSHIELD ASSEMBLY. THE PIC RETURNED TO THE BROKEN BOW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE LEFT HAND WINDSHIELD ASSEMBLY, P/N 5011162-3, AND CREW DOOR, P/N 5291302-3, WERE REPLACED AND THE HINGE POINTS REINFORCED AT F.S. 139.25 AND F.S.151.23. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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