# Incident 20011105032099I: Frchld SA227DC, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, November 5, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2001, 13:50 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: BSAA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N453LA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD SA227DC
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 970 in this make and model, 177 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011105032099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 5, 2001 AN INSPECTOR FROM THE DALLAS FORT WORTH (DFW) FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRIC OFFICE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE NTSB CONCERNING BIG SKY AIRLINES FLIGHT 1314, A FAIRCHILD 227DC, N453LA, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DFW, AFTER THE MAIN CABIN DOOR CAME OPEN DURING TAKEOFF. STATEMENTS OBTAINED FROM BIG SKY AIRLINES FLIGHT CREW, STATED THAT THE COCKPIT FLIGHT ANNUNICATOR PANEL WAS NORMAL PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. AFTER 400 FT ONE BLEED AIR SWITCH WAS TURNED ON AND THE CABIN STARTED PRESSURIZING NORMALLY. AT APPROXIMATELY 600 TO 800 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL THE SECOND BLEED VALVE CAME ON AND WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A RUSH OF AIR WAS HEARD. THE CABIN ALTITUDE STARTED CLIMBING AND THE DOOR BLEW OPEN. THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO DFW, LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON INITIAL VISUAL INSPECTION, THE MAIN CABIN DOOR WAS FOUND BENT OUT OF SHAPE WHERE IT NO LONGER CONFORMED TO THE CURVATURE OF THE FUSELAGE. THE MAIN CABIN DOOR INBOARD HANDRAIL CABLE WAS CUT BY THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE PROPELLER RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. THE MAIN CABIN DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM AND THE DOOR WARNING LIGHT SYSTEM WAS FOUND TO BE WORKING NORMALLY. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOTED. STATEMENTS FROM THE DELTA AIRLINES RAMP CREW WHO DISPATCHED THE AIRCRAFT STATED THE MAIN CABIN DOOR WAS CLOSED AND LOCKED PRIOR TO FLIGHT DISPATCH. BIG SKY MAINTENANCE IS INSPECTING AND EVALUATING THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND WILL COORDINATE WITH THE MONTANA FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE. THE NTSB RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT. THE 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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