# Incident 19801015074569I: Aerosp 262ANORD, Middletown, PA, October 15, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1980, 14:15 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PCAA
- Location: 40.1932° N, 76.7626° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRISBURG INTL (MDT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1932&lon=-76.7626&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29808 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP 262ANORD
- People aboard: 20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,980 total, 1,200 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/19801015074569I

## Narrative

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

ROOF DITCHING HATCH DEPARTED FROM AIRCRAFT AFTER TAKEOFF. FOUND FAULTY LATCHING PIN.

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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