# Incident 20000501016869I: Cessna 402B, Great Falls, MT, May 1, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2000, 18:53 local time
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Airport: Great Falls International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HSRA
- Location: 47.4823° N, 111.3703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT FALLS INTL (GTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4823&lon=-111.3703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69316, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69316-2013-02-13) (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: 7,900 total, 40 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000501016869I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT STATED WHEN HE TOOK OFF AT GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, THE EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOW BLEW OFF. HE THEN RETURNED AND LANDED.  HE STATED THAT HE CALLED THE FLIGHT FOLLOWER WHO TOLD HIM TO BRING THE AIRPALNE HOME TO BE REPIRED.  HE THEN FLEW THE AIRPLANE TO BILLINGS, MONTANA, WITHOUT THE EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOW INSTALLED.

## Other reports on N69316 (3)

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

- [Accident 20010220004109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010220004109A), Feb 20, 2001: Cessna 402B (N69316), Billings, MT, No damage. (-23) 135 Training flight for instruction. During simulated missed approach on 1 engine, around 400 feet AGL, the airplane started to climb. As pilot initiated…
- [Incident 19790917023589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790917023589I), Sep 17, 1979: Cessna 402B (N69316), Stratford, CT, Minor damage. Gear unsafe indication, left main could not be extended. Delivery flight. Gear door jammed, would not open. .
- [Accident 19780316005109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780316005109A), Mar 16, 1978: Cessna 402CESSNA (N69316), Naples, FL, Substantial damage. No remarks.

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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