# Incident 20010621013329I: Beech 400A, Grand Island, NE, June 21, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2001, 09:45 local time
- Place: Grand Island, NE
- Airport: Central Nebraska Regional
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9675° N, 98.3096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL (GRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9675&lon=-98.3096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N712TA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 400A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010621013329I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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