# Incident 20030803023799I: Cessna T337C, Brownsville, TX, August 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2003, 08:09 local time
- Place: Brownsville, TX
- Airport: Brownsville-South Padre International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9017° N, 97.4975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brownsville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9017&lon=-97.4975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2632S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2632S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337C (registry code 2075714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,370 total, 601 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030803023799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAKEOFF, OVER THE RUNWAY, A CHILD PASSENGER RELEASED THE EMERGENCY EXIT (PILOT'S SIDE WINDOW). THE WINDOW DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING BUT WAS DISTRACTED BY THEWIND AND NOISE AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON THE CARGO PACK. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OTHER THAN TO THE CARGO PACK. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO ANY OF THE THREE OCCUPANTS. THERE WAS NO FIRE.

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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