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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 400A · Grand Island, NE · June 21, 2001

Date: June 21, 2001 · 09:45 local
Place: Grand Island, NE
Airport: Central Nebraska Regional
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N712TA
Reported as: Beech 400A
People aboard: 5
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) The aircraft and passengers were enroute from mci to mso. While ascending through flight level 370 for flight level 390, the pilot heard a loud squeal and buzzing noise coming from the crew entry door. After a few minutes it got louder so the PIC elected to declare an emergency and diverted from his heading and landed at gri. After landing at gri without incident, the pilot and a mechanic found the door seal had ruptured causing the pressure to escape around the door seal. The door seal was deferred on the MEL and the aircraft was flown to oma for repair. The crew and passengers were uninjured and the aircraft sustained no damage. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT AND PASSENGERS WERE ENROUTE FROM MCI TO MSO. WHILE ASCENDING THROUGH FLIGHT LEVEL 370 FOR FLIGHT LEVEL 390, THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD SQUEAL AND BUZZING NOISE COMING FROM THE CREW ENTRY DOOR. AFTER A FEW MINUTES IT GOT LOUDER SO THE PIC ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED FROM HIS HEADING AND LANDED AT GRI. AFTER LANDING AT GRI WITHOUT INCIDENT, THE PILOT AND A MECHANIC FOUND THE DOOR SEAL HAD RUPTURED CAUSING THE PRESSURE TO ESCAPE AROUND THE DOOR SEAL. THE DOOR SEAL WAS DEFERRED ON THE MEL AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO OMA FOR REPAIR. THE CREW AND PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.