# Incident 19790901033649I: Piper PA23250, Phoenix, AZ, September 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1979, 00:10 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Sky Harbor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62749, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62749-2020-08-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 35 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/19790901033649I

## Narrative

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

EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR CAME OFF IN FLIGHT. DOOR WAS NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY.

## Other reports on N62749 (2)

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

- [Incident 20180220000109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180220000109I), Feb 20, 2018: Piper PA-23-250 (N62749), Culebra, PR, No damage. On 2/20/2018 1000 local time N62749 a PA23,serial number 27-7654198, piloted by [privacy data omitted] overshot runway 31 at the Culebra airport (cpx)
- [Incident 19920710030779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920710030779I), Jul 10, 1992: Piper PA23250 (N62749), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. Left main landing gear wheel separated from aircraft on landing rollout. Found a wheel bearing failure.

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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