What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Cabin door separated from aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
CABIN DOOR SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT.
FAA incident report · Piper 600SMITH · Raleigh, NC · March 19, 1979
- Date
- March 19, 1979 · 02:00 local
- Place
- Raleigh, NC
- Phase of flight
- Normal Cruise
- Operating rules
- Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator
- WHA
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N4798S
- Reported as
- Piper 600SMITH
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 2,000 total500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N4798SRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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.