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During cruise flight at FL210 the pilot of a kit built high performance aircraft experienced a door/window unit failure and a subsequent rapid decompression.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1202329 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201409 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Lancair IV/IVP |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Cockpit Door |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 6400 Flight Crew Type 1500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
We had to descend immediately after the door and window blew out. We were able to descend and land. The wind noise did not allow us to have communication with center while we came down from 21;000 feet.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: During cruise flight at FL210 the pilot of a kit built high performance aircraft experienced a door/window unit failure and a subsequent rapid decompression.
Narrative: We had to descend immediately after the door and window blew out. We were able to descend and land. The wind noise did not allow us to have communication with Center while we came down from 21;000 feet.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.