19790516026909I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Boston, MA · May 16, 1979

Date
May 16, 1979 · 13:00 local
Place
Boston, MA
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N66860
Reported as
Piper PA31350
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,400 total500 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.

Cabin door opened in flight. Door would not latch good in closed position

As the FAA filed it

CABIN DOOR OPENED IN FLIGHT. DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH GOOD IN CLOSED POSITION

Other reports on N66860 · 4

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