# Incident 20160104019219I: Cessna 414A, Tuscaloosa, AL, January 4, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2016, 08:46 local time
- Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
- Airport: Tuscaloosa Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2206° N, 87.6114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tuscaloosa National Airport (TCL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2206&lon=-87.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N999MZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N999MZ-2020-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160104019219I

## Narrative

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

01/04/2016 PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND TWO OTHER PERSONS WERE TRAVELING FROM TCL DIRECT TO SUS VIA THE CHOOK INTERSECTION. THE FINAL ALTITUDE WAS TO BE 14000 FEET. CREW TOOK OFF FROM TUSCALOOSA TRACKING A COURSE DIRECT TO THE CHOOK INTERSECTION. PILOT SET THE

PLANE UP FOR A CLIMB BETWEEN 750 TO 1000 FPM. CONDITIONS APPEARED NORMAL AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RUNNING FINE. AT APPROXIMATELY 13700 FEET MSL, A LOUD POP, OR DISTURBANCE, WAS HEARD AND THE CABIN BECAME VERY WINDY. THE PASSENGER IN THE BACK INFORMED THE PILOT THAT THE DOOR HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE PLANE. PILOT TURNED OFF AUTO PILOT, LEVELED THE PLANE OFF, INSURED CONTROL OF THE PLANE, AND BEGAN  DECENT TO LESS THAN 12000 FEET. DURING DECENT, PILOT CONTACTED THE CONTROLLER MAKING THEM AWARE OF THE SITUATION. PILOT SLOWED THE PLANE TO APPROXIMATELY 140 KTS MAKING A TURN TOWARDS TCL. PILOT REQUESTED PRIORITY LANDING AT TCL AND FLEW DIRECTLY TO THE AIRPORT. PILOT MAINTAINED ALTITUDE UNTIL RUNWAY IN SIGHT, THEN CIRCLED SOUTH OF THE FIELD TO BLEED OFF ALTITUDE MAKING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 4. ONCE ON THE GROUND THE PILOT CONTACTED THE TOWER AND PROVIDED A SUMMARY OF THE EVENTS LEAVING THE PLANE AT BAMA AIR.

## Other reports on N999MZ (1)

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

- [Incident 20061017021109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061017021109I), Oct 17, 2006: Cessna 414A (N999MZ), Oxford, NC, Minor damage. (-23) Weather for khnz at 1940 local time as winds 180/11G16 5VIS dz BKN006 OVC009 temp 21 dew point 18 A2988 P0001. On site investigation determined the…

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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