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A BE58 baron pilot loses communication with ATC when the passenger door becomes unseated in-flight north of ric.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 485380 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200009 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ric.airport |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 7000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : ric.tracon tracon : d10.tracon |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Baron 58/58TC |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 3790 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 485380 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : pax 2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor Aircraft Passenger Human Performance Airspace Structure |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
At approximately XY00 on sep/xa/00, I departed on an IFR flight plan from hef to jgg in a be-586C turbocharged baron. The departure was uneventful until the door opened in-flight. Just as we were leveling off at 7000 ft near the haney intersection on the way to our cleared route, haney direct hcm and then direct jgg, maintain 7000 ft. My passenger in the front seat was quite disturbed and I tried to tell them over the noise that it was pointless to try to close the door and if they were ok, I was going to continue onto jgg, but that we could go back to hef if they needed to or were concerned. They wrote out that they were ok and we continued on and made an uneventful landing at jgg. I broadcast in the clear to ric approach that we had a door pop open in-flight, that we would fly our cleared route and I would announce when we started our descent. It was very loud in the plane and I couldn't communication anymore with ric approach, nor could I hear anything that they said. Later, near the hcm VOR, I announced that we were starting a descent and then made the same call to norfolk approach. Some time before we got to hcm I switched the transponder to 7600 for lost communication procedures, but didn't do it earlier as I was writing notes to my concerned passenger. We landed at about XY45. I made the call to FSS and canceled our flight plan and gave a brief synopsis to the controller I talked to. In retrospect, I should have switched the transponder from the assigned ATC code immediately after I established that I could no longer communicate with ric.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BE58 BARON PLT LOSES COM WITH ATC WHEN THE PAX DOOR BECOMES UNSEATED INFLT N OF RIC.
Narrative: AT APPROX XY00 ON SEP/XA/00, I DEPARTED ON AN IFR FLT PLAN FROM HEF TO JGG IN A BE-586C TURBOCHARGED BARON. THE DEP WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL THE DOOR OPENED INFLT. JUST AS WE WERE LEVELING OFF AT 7000 FT NEAR THE HANEY INTXN ON THE WAY TO OUR CLRED RTE, HANEY DIRECT HCM AND THEN DIRECT JGG, MAINTAIN 7000 FT. MY PAX IN THE FRONT SEAT WAS QUITE DISTURBED AND I TRIED TO TELL THEM OVER THE NOISE THAT IT WAS POINTLESS TO TRY TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND IF THEY WERE OK, I WAS GOING TO CONTINUE ONTO JGG, BUT THAT WE COULD GO BACK TO HEF IF THEY NEEDED TO OR WERE CONCERNED. THEY WROTE OUT THAT THEY WERE OK AND WE CONTINUED ON AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG AT JGG. I BROADCAST IN THE CLR TO RIC APCH THAT WE HAD A DOOR POP OPEN INFLT, THAT WE WOULD FLY OUR CLRED RTE AND I WOULD ANNOUNCE WHEN WE STARTED OUR DSCNT. IT WAS VERY LOUD IN THE PLANE AND I COULDN'T COM ANYMORE WITH RIC APCH, NOR COULD I HEAR ANYTHING THAT THEY SAID. LATER, NEAR THE HCM VOR, I ANNOUNCED THAT WE WERE STARTING A DSCNT AND THEN MADE THE SAME CALL TO NORFOLK APCH. SOME TIME BEFORE WE GOT TO HCM I SWITCHED THE XPONDER TO 7600 FOR LOST COM PROCS, BUT DIDN'T DO IT EARLIER AS I WAS WRITING NOTES TO MY CONCERNED PAX. WE LANDED AT ABOUT XY45. I MADE THE CALL TO FSS AND CANCELED OUR FLT PLAN AND GAVE A BRIEF SYNOPSIS TO THE CTLR I TALKED TO. IN RETROSPECT, I SHOULD HAVE SWITCHED THE XPONDER FROM THE ASSIGNED ATC CODE IMMEDIATELY AFTER I ESTABLISHED THAT I COULD NO LONGER COMMUNICATE WITH RIC.
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.