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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 162 · San Angelo, TX · August 17, 2016

Date
August 17, 2016 · 13:00 local
Place
San Angelo, TX
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
K17S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6003P
Reported as
Cessna 162
Reported engine
Continental O-200
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total250 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On August 17, 2016, at 1300 CDT, a Cessna 162 skycatcher, aircraft registration number N6003P, registered to the private owner, experienced an un-commanded opening of the pilot door. The door cracked in half and folded back against the fuselage during cruise flight near mathis field at San Angelo, TX. The aircraft was being operated on an instructional flight by skyline aviation. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage, and the student pilot and flight instructor sustained no injuries. The flight originated from mathis field in San Angelo, TX on August 17, 2016 at 1445 CDT.

As the FAA filed it

ON AUGUST 17, 2016, AT 1300 CDT, A CESSNA 162 SKYCATCHER, AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N6003P, REGISTERED TO THE PRIVATE OWNER, EXPERIENCED AN UN-COMMANDED OPENING OF THE PILOT DOOR. THE DOOR CRACKED IN HALF AND FOLDED BACK AGAINST THE FUSELAGE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT NEAR MATHIS FIELD AT SAN ANGELO, TX. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT BY SKYLINE AVIATION. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE STUDENT PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MATHIS FIELD IN SAN ANGELO, TX ON AUGUST 17, 2016 AT 1445 CDT.