Service difficulty report · Escape Hatch · Cessna 402B

Difficulty date
November 5, 2000
Submitted
November 20, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N4537Q
Make and model
Cessna 402B
Aircraft serial
402B0343
Part
Escape Hatch
Part number
52111302
Condition
Departed
Location
Fuselage
Part time
10,771 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

ESCAPE HATCH DEPARTED AIRCRAFT AT 2,200 FEET, SIX MILES WEST OF LANCASTER AIRPORT. NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE AIRCRAFT. INSPECTION OF THE FRAME, OF THE ESCAPE HATCH OPENING, FOUND NOTHING BROKEN IN THE RETAINING SYSTEM. IT APPEARED THE RETAINING PINS VIBRATED OUT ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE HATCH TO BE PULLED OUT BY THE WIND. (X)

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