What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Door came open in flight due to improper latching.
As the FAA filed it
DOOR CAME OPEN IN FLIGHT DUE TO IMPROPER LATCHING.
FAA incident report · Piper PA31T · John Day, OR · May 12, 1980
- Date
- May 12, 1980 · 13:27 local
- Place
- John Day, OR
- Airport
- Municipal
- Phase of flight
- Normal Cruise
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N2379R
- Reported as
- Piper PA31T
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 7,000 total60 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.