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BE33 cockpit door opens during IFR climb out. Noise and distractions contribute to altitude deviation on descent back to departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 782020 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200804 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound upper : 1600 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Bonanza 33 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : enroute altitude change |
| Route In Use | departure : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 3200 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 782020 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter : turbulence |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued advisory flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : returned to assigned altitude |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance Weather |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Climbing to 7000 ft; door opened in-flight. While IMC; requested and received vectors back to departure airport. Was told to maintain 2000 ft. I let altitude drop to 1600 ft. Conditions were very turbulent and noisy. Distraction and busted altitude. Event of door opening was caused by seatbelt caught in door. Papers flying about; noise and turbulence caused distraction (could hardly hear controller). After being advised by controller of altitude excursion; corrected and continued for GPS approach. Landing uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE33 COCKPIT DOOR OPENS DURING IFR CLIMB OUT. NOISE AND DISTRACTIONS CONTRIBUTE TO ALT DEV ON DESCENT BACK TO DEP ARPT.
Narrative: CLBING TO 7000 FT; DOOR OPENED INFLT. WHILE IMC; REQUESTED AND RECEIVED VECTORS BACK TO DEP ARPT. WAS TOLD TO MAINTAIN 2000 FT. I LET ALT DROP TO 1600 FT. CONDITIONS WERE VERY TURBULENT AND NOISY. DISTR AND BUSTED ALT. EVENT OF DOOR OPENING WAS CAUSED BY SEATBELT CAUGHT IN DOOR. PAPERS FLYING ABOUT; NOISE AND TURB CAUSED DISTR (COULD HARDLY HEAR CTLR). AFTER BEING ADVISED BY CTLR OF ALT EXCURSION; CORRECTED AND CONTINUED FOR GPS APCH. LNDG UNEVENTFUL.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.