<< >> NASA ASRS Report 340757, May 1996

Aircraft equipment problem. Pilot side emergency exit window sucked out in-flight while on approach. Window fell into wooded area and no difficulty controling aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	340757
Time
Date	199605
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : avl
State Reference	NC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 4400 msl bound upper : 4400
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : avl
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Cessna 310/T310C
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 1750 flight time type : 30
ASRS Report	340757
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On may/xx/96, I departed cjg in a cessna 310 on an IFR flight to avl. I had no passenger aboard and had completed a thorough preflight. The flight went uneventful until I was established on the ILS runway 34 approach under VMC. At that time the pilot side emergency exit window was sucked out (about 5 mi out) over a non congested wooded area. The airplane showed no noticeable change in flight characteristics and I landed without any problems. Please note that the airplane had just come out of the annual inspection only one flight before this flight.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT EQUIP PROB. PLT SIDE EMER EXIT WINDOW SUCKED OUT INFLT WHILE ON APCH. WINDOW FELL INTO WOODED AREA AND NO DIFFICULTY CTLING ACFT.

Narrative: ON MAY/XX/96, I DEPARTED CJG IN A CESSNA 310 ON AN IFR FLT TO AVL. I HAD NO PAX ABOARD AND HAD COMPLETED A THOROUGH PREFLT. THE FLT WENT UNEVENTFUL UNTIL I WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE ILS RWY 34 APCH UNDER VMC. AT THAT TIME THE PLT SIDE EMER EXIT WINDOW WAS SUCKED OUT (ABOUT 5 MI OUT) OVER A NON CONGESTED WOODED AREA. THE AIRPLANE SHOWED NO NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN FLT CHARACTERISTICS AND I LANDED WITHOUT ANY PROBS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD JUST COME OUT OF THE ANNUAL INSPECTION ONLY ONE FLT BEFORE THIS FLT.

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.