20021219034299I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Mesa, AZ · December 19, 2002

Date
December 19, 2002 · 15:30 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N323D
Reported as
Beech A36
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,350 total250 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

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) On December 19, 2002, about 1530 mountain standard time, a Beechcraft A36, N323D, landed the aircraft without incident, at the williams gateway airport. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the right horizontal stabilizer, due to the right side emergency exit window detaching from the airframe during climb, moments after takeoff and lodging itself on the stabilizer. Neither the pilot, flight instructor and pilot receiving instruction, were injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The airplane was being operated under 14 CFR part 91 when the incident occurred.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON DECEMBER 19, 2002, ABOUT 1530 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A BEECHCRAFT A36, N323D, LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT, AT THE WILLIAMS GATEWAY AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, DUE TO THE RIGHT SIDE EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOW DETACHING FROM THE AIRFRAME DURING CLIMB, MOMENTS AFTER TAKEOFF AND LODGING ITSELF ON THE STABILIZER. NEITHER THE PILOT, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION, WERE INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.

Other reports on N323D · 1

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