# Incident 19790902034189I: Piper PA28180, Huntington Stat, NY, September 2, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1979, 07:38 local time
- Place: Huntington Stat, NY
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8445° N, 73.4048° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington Station, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8445&lon=-73.4048&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9558J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 1,100 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/19790902034189I

## Narrative

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

CONTENTS OF CARGO COMPARTMENT FELL OUT WHEN DOOR CAME OPEN

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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