# Incident 20140710010899I: Cessna 182T, Indianapolis, IN, July 10, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2014, 10:40 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3539G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3539G-2015-12-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 24,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140710010899I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 10, 2014, AT 1040 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, CESSNA CE-182, N3539G, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF CONTROL AFTER DISENGAGING THE AUTOPILOT. THE PILOT LOST APPROXIMATELY 6000 FEET OF ALTITUDE PRIOR TO RECOVERY. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBJECTED TO SIGNIFICANT AIRSPEED OVERSPEED. THE RIGHT DOOR WINDOW AND FRAME DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE CAN BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. A LOCAL REPAIR STATION IS UNDERGOING DETAILED INSPECTION OF THE AUTOPILOT AND AIRFRAME AT THE OWNER'S REQUEST.

THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO BARR AIR PATROL, LLC OF MESQUITE, TEXAS. THIS FLIGHT WAS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A BUSINESS FLIGHT.

VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDIDTIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

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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