# Accident 20050328005419A: Cessna 172S, West Palm Beach, FL, March 28, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2005, 11:00 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6769° N, 80.0844° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6769&lon=-80.0844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53589, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53589-2012-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 500 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050328005419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER WINDOW SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND HIT THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER AFTER THEY ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE AT ABOUT 8000 FEET. HE SAID THE PASSENGER DOOR BLEW OPEN ABOUT A SECOND LATER SHEARING OFF THE UPPER AND LOWER FORWARD HINGE PINS. THE DOOR REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TRACK. PILOT AND PASSENGER LANDED SAFELY AT KPBI.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA05LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA083), Mar 28, 2005: Cessna 172S (N53589), Palm Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crews inadvertent encounter with turbulence in clouds while being vectored by ATC while operating in instrument meteorological conditions. A factor in the accident was the ATC personnel's…

## Other reports on N53589 (1)

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

- [Accident 20120223001859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120223001859A), Feb 23, 2012: Cessna 172S (N53589), Key West, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Cessna 172S, s/n: 172S9408, N53589 arrived in Key West, Florida at approximately 1700(l) cleared customs and went to island city flying service (FBO). At…

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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