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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA60601 · Toledo, OH · May 5, 2000

Date
May 5, 2000 · 18:00 local
Place
Toledo, OH
Airport
Toledo Express
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
GXPA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N160GA
Reported as
Piper PA60601
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) While it was not officially reported, the cle FSDO learned that on may 05, 2000, at approximately 1800 EDT, N160GA, Aerostar 601, serial number 61-0021, operated by grand aire Express, inc. air carrier GXPA543E, on a 14 CFR part 91 flight departed Toledo Express Airport, (tol), swanton, OH 43558. Upon reaching a cruise altitude of 8000' the right side emergency exit window separated from the airplane and was lost. The aircraft returned to tol and landed without further incident. Company management personnel were on board, enroute to louisville, KY., a company sub-base of operations. Other company personnel stated that the airplane was used earlier in the departure day for a training exhibit for a new hire class of pilots.privacy data omitted Neither the certificate holder or company owner, pilot in command, will provide the airman information for block 31.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE IT WAS NOT OFFICIALLY REPORTED, THE CLE FSDO LEARNED THAT ON MAY 05, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 EDT, N160GA, AEROSTAR 601, SERIAL NUMBER 61-0021, OPERATED BY GRAND AIRE EXPRESS, INC. AIR CARRIER GXPA543E, ON A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT DEPARTED TOLEDO EXPRESS AIRPORT, (TOL), SWANTON, OH 43558. UPON REACHING A CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 8000' THE RIGHT SIDE EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOW SEPARATED FROM THE AIRPLANE AND WAS LOST. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO TOL AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. COMPANY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WERE ON BOARD, ENROUTE TO LOUISVILLE, KY., A COMPANY SUB-BASE OF OPERATIONS. OTHER COMPANY PERSONNEL STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS USED EARLIER IN THE DEPARTURE DAY FOR A TRAINING EXHIBIT FOR A NEW HIRE CLASS OF PILOTS.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NEITHER THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER OR COMPANY OWNER, PILOT IN COMMAND, WILL PROVIDE THE AIRMAN INFORMATION FOR BLOCK 31.