# Incident 20021219034299I: Beech A36, Mesa, AZ, December 19, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2002, 15:30 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4223° N, 111.8226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mesa, AZ, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4223&lon=-111.8226&mi=10
- Aircraft: N323D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N323D-2008-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 250 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021219034299I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Accident 20030413011929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030413011929A), Apr 13, 2003: Beech A36 (N323D), Sedona, AZ, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (-23) During a flight that was to be an IFR training flight departing from Sedona to williams gateway a Beech bonanza A-36 was destroyed after failing to get…

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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