Embraer EMB-11OP1 N101RA

Summary

On 18 February 1982 at about 14:06 local time, a Embraer EMB-11OP1 registered N101RA, operated by Cascade Airways, Inc., was involved in an incident near Boise, Idaho, United States. 16 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 February 1982 at 14:06

Classification

Incident

Location

Boise, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Boise Air Terminal (BOI)

Coordinates

43.5602, -116.2102

Aircraft

Embraer EMB-11OP1

Registration

N101RA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Cascade Airways, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boise → Lewiston

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

SEA82IA029

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THIS AIRCRAFT, WHICH WAS DEPARTING ON A SCHEDULED FLIGHT TO LEWISTON, ID., WAS JUST ACCELERATED TO ROTATION SPEED WHEN THE CREW HEARD ONE OF THE PASSENGERS SCREAM. THE TAKEOFF WA SUCCESSFULY ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO THE GATE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR WAS MISSING. THE DOOR WAS LOCATED ABOUT 3000' FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 10L. ACCORDING TO THE PASSENGER SEATED ADJACENT TO THE EXIT, SHE NOTED WHEN SHE BOARDED, THAT THE PLASTIC SAFETY COVER WAS BROKEN AND THE T HANDLE ACTIVATION MECHANISM WAS SLIGHTLY AJAR. SHE ALSO FELT A DRAFT AROUND THE DOOR. THE CREW DID NOT NOTICE ANY IRREGULARITIES WITH THE EXTERIOR HANDLE WHEN THEY DID THE PREFLIGHT. EXAMINATION OF THE DOOR REVEALED THAT THE LOCKING PIN RIGGING WAS CORRECT AND THE PIN RECEPTICALE APPEARED NORMAL. TESTS SHOW THAT ONCE THE PINS ARE RETRACTED FROM THEIR NORMAL OVERCENTER POSITIONS, THE DOOR WILL FALL FREE OF THE FRAME OUTBOARD. THIS AIRCRAFT IS NOT PRESSURIZED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.