# Incident 19791217046459I: Piper PA31350, Salt Lake City, UT, December 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1979, 16:30 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TWU
- Location: 40.7608° N, 111.8910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Lake City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7608&lon=-111.8910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3542H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3542H-2001-09-19) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,697 total, 2,000 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/19791217046459I

## Narrative

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

PILOT'S DOOR CAME OPEN IN FLIGHT DUE TO FAULTY LATCHES. PILOT LANDED, LATCHED IT, TOOK OFF.

## Other reports on N3542H (3)

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

- [Accident 19981203039789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981203039789A), Dec 3, 1998: Piper PA31350 (N3542H), Point Lay, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On December 3, 1998 a cape smythe aircraft, N3542H, collided with terrain while attempting an NDB runway 5 approach into pt. Lay, Alaska. The pilot, Mr.…
- [Incident 19970316003159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970316003159I), Mar 16, 1997: Piper PA31350 (N3542H), Kotzebue, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft was enroute from kiana, Alaska to kotzeboe, Alaska. After encountering turbulence the landing gear unsafe light came on. The pilot slowed…
- [Incident 19911203059559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911203059559I), Dec 3, 1991: Piper PA31350 (N3542H), Nome, AK, Minor damage. NR5 cylinder separated from engine on descent. Landed safely.

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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