42.4548° N, 75.0669° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Oneonta, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 26, 1979 · 15:45 local
Place
Oneonta, NY
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
NTY
Aircraft
N3528Y
Reported as
Piper PA31350
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,100 total200 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.
Entrance door popped open in flight. Manifold pressure problem related to open door. Fuel all right.
As the FAA filed it
ENTRANCE DOOR POPPED OPEN IN FLIGHT. MANIFOLD PRESSURE PROBLEM RELATED TO OPEN DOOR. FUEL ALL RIGHT.