# Incident 19790516026909I: Piper PA31350, Boston, MA, May 16, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1979, 13:00 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.3584° N, 71.0598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boston, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3584&lon=-71.0598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66860, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66860-1999-06-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 500 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/19790516026909I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19911212060149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911212060149I), Dec 12, 1991: Piper PA31350 (N66860), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Pilot struck a taxiway light with his left wheel and propeller while taxiing.
- [Incident 19790807029619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790807029619I), Aug 7, 1979: Piper PA31350 (N66860), Boston, MA. Pilot failed to secure oil cap on preflight. Oil was streaming over cowl at liftoff.
- [Incident 19790609014639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790609014639I), Jun 9, 1979: Piper PA31350 (N66860), Marshfield, MA. Engine stopped, was shut down, flight diverted. Fuel tank dry, fuel had been miscalculated and/or mismanaged.
- [Accident 19780502009759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780502009759A), May 2, 1978: Piper PA31T1 (N66860), East Boston, MA, Substantial damage

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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