40.7143° N, 74.0060° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of New York, NY, within about 10 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 10, 1978 · 07:42 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
Jfk International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4719M
Reported as
Beech 58
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
207 total115 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Front side door popped open during climb. Door latch not properly adjusted.
As the FAA filed it
FRONT SIDE DOOR POPPED OPEN DURING CLIMB. DOOR LATCH NOT PROPERLY ADJUSTED.