# Incident 19980715027549I: Beech E90, Houston, TX, July 15, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1998, 20:39 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Sugar Land Municipal/Hull Field Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: A8JA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N690G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N690G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-90 (registry code 1152914, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-27-28 (registry code 61504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-27-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E90
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 150 in this make and model, 127 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980715027549I

## Narrative

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

CABIN DOOR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AT 4000 FEET DURING CLIMBOUT APPROX 7 MILES FROM THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFAT. INVESTIGATION SHOWS THAT THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) ALLOWED A PASSENGER TO CLOSE THE CABIN DOOR SO THAT THE PCI COULD START THE ENGINES AND GET THE AIR CONDITIONING STARTED COOLING SOONER. THE PIC, WHILE SEATED IN THE COCKPIT, SAID HE WAS WATCHING THE CABIN DOOR WARNING LIGHT ON THE CAUTION PANEL, THAT HE DEPENDED ON IT TO CONFIRM DOOR CLOSE. PIC SAID HE DID NOT CHECK THE POSITION OF THE DOOR HANDLE OR ANY OF THE VIEW WINDOWS AFTER THE PASSENGER SHUT THE CABIN DOOR. THE PASSENGER, OPERATING THE DOOR FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, SHUT THE DOOR AS INSTRUCTED BY THE PIC AND SAYS HE CHECKED THAT THE LATCH PINS APPEARED IN THE SMALL WINDOWS IN THE DOOR. THE CABIN DOOR WAS RECOVERED INTACT THE NEXT DAY. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE LATCHING MECHANISM, OR TO ANY OF THE LATCH PINS, LATCH HOOKS, OR DOOR JAMB LATCH ROLLERS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ .

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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