# Incident 20140607013799I: Piper PA-44-180, Blythe, CA, June 7, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2014, 08:54 local time
- Place: Blythe, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6535° N, 114.6218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blythe, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6535&lon=-114.6218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N243AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N243AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 194 total, 82 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140607013799I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING FROM IWA TO RAL.  DURING THE FLIGHT THE PILOT?S WINDOW (AN EMERGENCY EXIT) BLEW OUT OVER AN UNPOPULATED AREA OF DESERT.  THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO BLH AIRPORT. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N243AT (1)

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

- [Incident 20060320008959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060320008959I), Mar 20, 2006: Piper PA44180 (N243AT), Dekalb, IL, Minor damage. (-23) During flight instruction for CFI MEL, the aircraft attempted to land with the gear up at Dekalb airport, IL. The pilot heard a metallic sound of…

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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