What was found
PILOT HATCH BROKE OFF IN FLIGHT. ONE LATCH WAS SECURED BUT THE OTHER WAS NOT. PILOT TRIED TO RELATCH IT IN FLIGHT AND THE WIND TOOK IT AWAY.
- Difficulty date
- December 1, 2021
- Submitted
- December 22, 2021
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Beech B99
- Aircraft serial
- U237
- Aircraft time
- 27,266 hours, 41,247 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5200 · Doors
- Part
- Unknown
- Condition
- Unknown
- Component
- Entrance Hatch
- Component part number
- 994200241
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.