# Incident 20091111051089I: Cessna M337B, Fort Myers, FL, November 11, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2009, 10:42 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5259W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5259W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna M337B (registry code 2075708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-m337b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA M337B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 900 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/20091111051089I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM PUNTA GORDA AIRPORT AND ENROUTE TO PAGE FIELD AIRPORT IN FORT MYERS; 8 MILES AND AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET THE PILOT'S SIDE WINDOW DEPARTED AIRCRAFT.PILOTS SIDE WINDOW IS ALSO UTILIZED AS A RESCUE EXIT AND FOUR PINS HOLD THE WINDOW IN, THE PULL HANDLE IS ACCESSIBLE FROM BOTH THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF AIRCRAFT.  THE RETAINING PINS WERE NOT BENT, ALL PINS RETAINING BLOCKS EXCEPT THE PIN BLOCK LOCATED AT LOWER BACK HAD NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE BLOCK, THE LOWER BACK PIN BLOCK WAS BROKEN OFF,  INDICATING THAT THIS PIN WAS IN THE BLOCK AND WHEN THE WINDOW DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT IT CAUSED THE BLOCK TO BREAK OFF.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE  TO THE LEADING EDGE AND STRUT COVER, PROP HAD PAINT SCRAPING.PILOTS WINDOW WAS NOT RECOVERED.

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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