# Incident 20020403006639I: Cessna 402A, Honolulu, HI, April 3, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2002, 12:52 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: TXHA
- Location: 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3069&lon=-157.8583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4544Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4544Q-2012-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402A (registry code 207590M, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,449 total, 630 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020403006639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC REPORTED THE RIGHT SIDE EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOW/DOOR DEPARTED. THE AIRPLANE HAD DEPARTED ON A TEST FLIGHT AFTER EXTENSIVE MAINTENANCE. DURING AN EXTENSIVE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, THE SIC PILOT ATTEMPTED TO OPEN EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOW. THE EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOW/DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN BY EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. THE FLIGHT CREW WROTE UP DOOR MALFUNCTION IN THE LOG BOOKS. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THE DOOR WAS SECURED AND THE AIRPLANE TOOKOFF ON ITS TEST FLIGHT. ABOUT THREE (3) MINUTES INTO FLIGHT THE DOOR DEPARTED. THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN PAINTED AND DOOR MAY HAVE BEEN STUCK CLOSED. BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE WINDOW/DOOR CABLE SECURING PINS BRACKETS WERE DAMAGED (BENT) WHEN THE DOOR AS ATTEMPTED TO BE OPENED. THE BENT CABLE PIN BRACKETS WEAKEN OR DAMAGED ALLOWED THE DOOR TO DEPART INFLIGHT.

## Other reports on N4544Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19960417021699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960417021699I), Apr 17, 1996: Cessna 402A (N4544Q), Kapalua, HI. Narrative: while landing on runway 02 at Kapalua airport, an airport maintenance truck started to cross the runway directly in the path of Cessna 402, N4544Q.…
- [Incident 19891129058569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891129058569I), Nov 29, 1989: Cessna 402A (N4544Q), Honolulu, HI. Cockpit smoke and sparks from left engine after takeoff. Returned. Found a burned rag in turbo charger.

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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