# Incident 19980402010859I: Cessna 500CESSNA, Birmingham, AL, April 2, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1998, 07:30 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N523CC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,289 total, 250 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980402010859I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING CLIMB OUT AT FL 270, THE CABIN LOST PRESSURIZATION DUE TO CABIN DOOR IMPROPER RIGGING. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY DESCENT BACK TO BIRMINGHAM AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENTS. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE DOOR PINS 5 & 6 AND 11 & 12, HAD OVER A HALF INCH OF PLAY IN THEM WHEN THE DOOR WAS IN THE LOCKED POSITION WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE DOOR TO LOSE PRESSURIZATION IN A CLIMBING TURN. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

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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