# Incident 19800819081769I: Piper PA34200, New Orleans, LA, August 19, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1980, 13:50 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21437, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21437-2021-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 600 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/19800819081769I

## Narrative

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

CABIN DOOR CAME OPEN DURING ACCELERATION FOR TAKEOFF. REJECTED THE TAKEOFF. DOOR HAD BEEN CLOSED BY A PASSENGER.

## Other reports on N21437 (1)

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

- [Incident 19890117007399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890117007399I), Jan 17, 1989: Piper PA34200T (N21437), Baton Rouge, LA. Low oil pressure indication. Shut engine down. Landed without incident. Cause under investigation.

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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