# Incident 20140909017519I: Belle Air Air LLC EPIC LT, Whiteville, NC, September 9, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2014, 14:51 local time
- Place: Whiteville, NC
- Airport: Columbus County Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2729° N, 78.7150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBUS COUNTY RGNL (CPC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2729&lon=-78.7150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N910MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N910MC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Belle Air Air EPIC LT (registry code 056267G, https://openairdocs.org/model/belle-air-air-epic-lt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6-67A (registry code 52286, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6-67a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLE AIR AIR LLC EPIC LT
- Reported engine: P&W PT6-67A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,325 total, 325 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140909017519I

## Narrative

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

DURING DESCENT INTO KILM AFTER THE TWO HOUR MARK AT APPROXIMATELY  13:51 CST AT FL18900.

THE PIC EXPERIENCED A A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY A IMMEDIATE RUSH OF AIR HE IMMEDIATELY CONDUCTED EMERGENCY PROCEEDER TO BEGIN A RAPID DECENT.

AT THIS TIME THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY  WITH JACKSONVILLE CENTER THE PIC SELECTED KCPC WAS A SUITABLE ALTERNATE AIRPORT.

AFTER LANDING THE PIC INSPECTED THE CABIN TO SEE WHICH WINDOW "BLEW" IT WAS NOTED THAT THE CABIN DOOR HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.

UPON FURTHER INSPECTION BY THE PIC AND FAA INSPECTOR IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DOOR HAD NOT STRUCK THE AIRFRAME.

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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