# Incident 19981021043819I: Beech A36, Little Rock, AR, October 21, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1998, 12:08 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3256V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3256V-2021-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 383 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981021043819I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON OCTOBER 21 ,1998, AT 1205 CDT, N3256V, A BEECH A-36, OWNED AND OPERATED BY FRANK ROBINS III, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE RIGHT SIDE WINDOW PLEXIGLAS DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WINDOW CAME OPEN WHILE HE WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 8000 FEET.  WHEN HE TRIED TO CLOSE IT HE INADVERTENTLY OPERATED THE EMERGENCY EXIT RELEASE HANDLE AND THE WINDOW, HINGED AT THE TOP, FLUTTERED OPEN AND CLOSED SEVERAL TIMES BREAKING OUT THE PLEXIGLAS.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN FROM CONWAY, ARKANSAS TO AMARILLO, TEXAS AND IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  THE WINDOW FRAME WAS BENT AND THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS DENTED ABOVE AND BELOW THE WINDOW OPENING.

## Other reports on N3256V (1)

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

- [Accident 20200816018829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200816018829A), Aug 16, 2020: Beech A36 (N3256V), San Benito, TX, Substantial damage. Aug 16, 2020 at 1200 CDT, aircraft bearing registration number N3256V, lost power and landed gear up in a field just short of the runway near Kornegay Private…

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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