# Incident 20041202032849I: Cessna 150H, Ozark, MO, December 2, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2004, 11:08 local time
- Place: Ozark, MO
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0336° N, 93.2180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ozark, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0336&lon=-93.2180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22540, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N22540) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 60 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041202032849I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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