Last updated: 18 February 2019
| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | jeudi 23 juillet 2015 |
| Heure: | 20:45 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  IAI 1125 Astra |
| Compagnie: | Mountain Air Services |
| Immatriculation: | N765A |
| Numéro de série: | 011 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1986 |
| Heures de vol: | 8668 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Garrett TFE731-3C-20 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 2 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 5 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 7 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Substantiels |
| Conséquences: | Repaired |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, MD (BWI) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En montée initiale (ICL) |
| Nature: | Affaires |
| Aéroport de départ: | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, MD (BWI/KBWI), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Chicago-Executive Airport, IL (PWK/KPWK), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
An Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 Westwind Astra, N765A, returned to land at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, MD (BWI), after the main entry door opened in flight. Both pilots and the five passengers were not injured.
Immediately after the airplane departed, the flight crew advised air traffic control that they had observed a "door" indication light and requested to return to the airport. About five minutes later, the controllers were unable to reach the flight crew by radio and observed the flight's transponder code change to 7700, indicating the flight crew had declared an emergency. Upon landing, the open door contacted the runway, but otherwise remained attached to the door frame.
Post-accident examination of the airframe revealed that both the door and the airframe structure surrounding it were damaged during the accident sequence.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew's failure to visually ensure that the cabin door locking pin was in place before takeoff. "
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, MD et Chicago-Executive Airport, IL est de 995 km (622 miles).
La distance entre Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, MD et Chicago-Executive Airport, IL est de 995 km (622 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.
