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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA226TC · Pendleton, OR · January 2, 1980

Date
January 2, 1980 · 07:15 local
Place
Pendleton, OR
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AORA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5476M
Reported as
Swrngn SA226TC
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total460 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.

Cargo door not secured. Opened in flight. Aircraft returned to airport and door was secured.

As the FAA filed it

CARGO DOOR NOT SECURED. OPENED IN FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND DOOR WAS SECURED.