- Date
- February 18, 1982, 07:06 local (14:06 UTC)
- Place
- Boise, ID
- Injuries
- 16 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N101RAEmbraer EMB-11OP1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820218011799I
- Case key
- 69995
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Analysis
This aircraft, which was departing on a scheduled flight to lewiston, ID., was just accelerated to rotation speed when the crew heard one of the passengers scream. The takeoff WA successfuly aborted and the aircraft was returned to the gate. Investigation revealed that the right overwing emergency exit door was missing. The door was located about 3000' from the departure end of runway 10L. According to the passenger seated adjacent to the exit, she noted when she boarded, that the plastic safety cover was broken and the t handle activation mechanism was slightly ajar. She also felt a draft around the door. The crew did not notice any irregularities with the exterior handle when they did the preflight. Examination of the door revealed that the locking pin rigging was correct and the pin recepticale appeared normal. Tests show that once the pins are retracted from their normal overcenter positions, the door will fall free of the frame outboard. This aircraft is not pressurized.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101RA
- Reported as
- Embraer EMB-11OP1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 110220
- Airframe hours
- 5,408
- Engine
- P & W PT6A-34, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Cascade Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Cascade Airways, Inc.
- Departed
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Destination
- LWS · Lewiston, ID
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BOI · Boise Air Terminal, runway 10, 7,400 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 8,907 total · 180 in this make and model · 8,804 as pilot in command · 260 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 86 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.