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Flight crew of an light transport air carrier aircraft lost the cockpit escape hatch door during takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 251268 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199309 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : orh |
| State Reference | MA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 100 agl bound upper : 100 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : orh |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, High Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 251268 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
I was the last to fly the aircraft in 2 nights ago. Yesterday, the plane did not fly, and today I was the first to fly the aircraft. Both days the cockpit ditching hatch was checked on preflight and during our origination checklist by both me and the captain. Everything was done correctly by the flight crew's standpoint. As we rotated on takeoff (100 ft AGL) the cockpit hatch actually came off the aircraft. When it came off, it totally missed the plane and landed on the airport. We circled and landed without incident. We really couldn't have done anything more to prevent it. I think in the future our operations manual should have us check it more thoroughly and check it in more than just our preflight and originating checklists.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN LTT ACR ACFT LOST THE COCKPIT ESCAPE HATCH DOOR DURING TKOF.
Narrative: I WAS THE LAST TO FLY THE ACFT IN 2 NIGHTS AGO. YESTERDAY, THE PLANE DID NOT FLY, AND TODAY I WAS THE FIRST TO FLY THE ACFT. BOTH DAYS THE COCKPIT DITCHING HATCH WAS CHKED ON PREFLT AND DURING OUR ORIGINATION CHKLIST BY BOTH ME AND THE CAPT. EVERYTHING WAS DONE CORRECTLY BY THE FLC'S STANDPOINT. AS WE ROTATED ON TKOF (100 FT AGL) THE COCKPIT HATCH ACTUALLY CAME OFF THE ACFT. WHEN IT CAME OFF, IT TOTALLY MISSED THE PLANE AND LANDED ON THE ARPT. WE CIRCLED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. WE REALLY COULDN'T HAVE DONE ANYTHING MORE TO PREVENT IT. I THINK IN THE FUTURE OUR OPS MANUAL SHOULD HAVE US CHK IT MORE THOROUGHLY AND CHK IT IN MORE THAN JUST OUR PREFLT AND ORIGINATING CHKLISTS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.