I seem to recall something similar in the UK about a year ago? A pilot (male) in the rhs of (I think) a 172 got out as they were a few miles short of the destination airfield leaving the pilot (female) in the lhs to continue the flight.
I'm just going on my rather hazy memory of this and if the AAIB have already published the report then I must have missed it.
No-doubt someone will correct me if I'm wrong.