# Incident 19790203004669I: Piper PA60600, Willmington, OH, February 3, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1979, 00:05 local time
- Place: Willmington, OH
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft: N8035J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8035J-2013-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 7106001, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790203004669I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ESCAPE HATCH DOOR BLEW OUT IN FLIGHT. SUSPECT IMPROPER LATCHING.

## Other reports on N8035J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19820222005079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820222005079A), Feb 22, 1982: Piper PA60600 (N8035J), Cleveland, OH, Substantial damage. Pilot lost control due to differential power application. Tried to fly out of problem, hit snowbank, fence, lights.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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