# Incident 20180504004659I: Cessna 310R, Riverdale, GA, May 4, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2018, 17:48 local time
- Place: Riverdale, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5639° N, 84.4110° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Riverdale, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5639&lon=-84.4110&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3417G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3417G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180504004659I

## Narrative

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

ON 04 MAY 2018 AT OR ABOUT 1736 EASTERN STANDARD TIME A CESSNA 310, N3417G DEPARTED NORTH FROM KFFC, ENROUTE TO 6GA0. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED BY ATLANTA APPROACH FOR AN OVER THE TOP VFR THROUGH CLASS B AIRSPACE AND WAS DIRECTED TO PROCEED TO AND MAINTAIN 4500?. AIRCRAFT LEVELED OFF AT 4500? WHEN IT LOST ITS PILOTS LEFT EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOW. THE PILOT INFORMED ATLANTA APPROACH THAT THE PILOTS? WINDOW HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND HIS OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF AIRCRAFT WAS NORMAL AND WOULD NEED NO ASSISTANCE. PILOT CONTINUED TO 6GA0 AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE WINDOW THAT DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AFTER STRIKING A VEHICLE PARKED AT 6395 FORESTHAVEN DRIVE, RIVERDALE GEORGIA A RESIDENTIAL HOME SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA. NO INJURIES WERE IDENTIFIED AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT WINDOW AND SURRENDERED IT TO THE IIC FOR INVESTIGATIVE INSPECTION AND ANALYSIS. THE AIRCRAFT WINDOW SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FRAME AND THE SLIDING WINDOW VENT. THE WINDOW LATCHING MECHANISM AND LOCKING PINS WERE FOUND IN THE OPEN POSITION WITH NO APPEARANCE OF SIDE LOADING OR DEFORMATION. THE LOCKING MECHANISM APPEARED TO BE IN PROPERLY WORKING ORDER. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT CONFIRMED NO LATCHING FAILURE OR EVIDENCE OF SIDE LOADING. MINOR FUSELAGE DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED AFTER THE WINDOW DEPARTED THE FUSELAGE. AIRCRAFT WINDOW WAS RETURNED TO THE OWNER FOR FUTURE REPAIR.

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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