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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150H · Ozark, MO · December 2, 2004

Date: December 2, 2004 · 11:08 local
Place: Ozark, MO
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N22540
Reported as: Cessna 150H
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 140 total60 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N22540Registered now · Cessna 150HS/N 15068347 · Built 1968 Airframe modelCessna 150H Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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) Pilot departed aurora municipal airport (2H2), aurora, Missouri, VFR enroute to air park south airport (2K2), Ozark, Missouri. Springfield air traffic control (sgf ATCT) was providing radar service for the aircraft. The pilot had placed his coat between the left door and the pilot's left leg to stop cold air from entering the cabin. During flight, the door opened and the coat exited the aircraft becoming attached to the horizontal stabilizer. The pilot notified springfield approach of the situation and indicated he was having control problems with the aircraft. After approximately 5 minutes, the coat dislodged from the horizontal stabilizer and the pilot landed at air park south airport without further incident. The pilot stated that the door was probably not closed securely prior to takeoff. With this report, incident privacy data omitted is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED AURORA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (2H2), AURORA, MISSOURI, VFR ENROUTE TO AIR PARK SOUTH AIRPORT (2K2), OZARK, MISSOURI. SPRINGFIELD AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (SGF ATCT) WAS PROVIDING RADAR SERVICE FOR THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT HAD PLACED HIS COAT BETWEEN THE LEFT DOOR AND THE PILOT'S LEFT LEG TO STOP COLD AIR FROM ENTERING THE CABIN. DURING FLIGHT, THE DOOR OPENED AND THE COAT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT BECOMING ATTACHED TO THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE PILOT NOTIFIED SPRINGFIELD APPROACH OF THE SITUATION AND INDICATED HE WAS HAVING CONTROL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES, THE COAT DISLODGED FROM THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND THE PILOT LANDED AT AIR PARK SOUTH AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE DOOR WAS PROBABLY NOT CLOSED SECURELY PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. WITH THIS REPORT, INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED IS CLOSED.