# Incident 20081026852779I: Cessna 402A, Las Vegas, NV, October 26, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2008, 11:11 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Henderson Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: K9ZA
- Location: 35.9729° N, 115.1344° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HENDERSON EXEC (HND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9729&lon=-115.1344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5098G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5098G-2019-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402A (registry code 207590M, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402A
- Reported engine: CONT O520*
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 115 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081026852779I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 26, 2008 AT APPROX. 11:11 A.M. PDT AT HENDERSON, NEVADA, A PART 135 ON-DEMAND KING AIRELINES, INC. CE-402 DEPARTED HENDERSON AIRPORT (KHND) RUNWAY 35 LEFT WITH 7 PASSENGERS. WHILE TURNING CROSS WIND, AT APPROX. 1000 FEET AGL PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN SEAT 4 (SEAT DIRECTLY AFT OF CO-PILOT'S SEAT) PULLED THE RED EMERGENCY WINDOW CORD. RIGHT HAND WINDOW AND FRAME FROM EMERGENCY EXIT DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FELL TO THE GROUND. AIRPLANE RETURNED TO BASE AT HENDERSON, NV UNEVENTFULLY. REPORT WAS MADE TO LOCAL POLICE. THE EXIT WINDOW WAS NOT REPORTED TO HAVE STRUCK PERSONS NOR PROPERTY ON THE SURFACE AND HAS NOT SINCE BEEN FOUND.

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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