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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Albuquerque, NM · September 7, 1981

Date: September 7, 1981 · 17:00 local
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6313Y
Reported as: Piper PA23250
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 700 total500 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N6313YRegistration cancelled Oct 4, 2012 · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-3568 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Za in turbulence cabin door broke away from support. Damaged nacelle skin engine mount and firewall.

As the FAA filed it

ZA IN TURBULENCE CABIN DOOR BROKE AWAY FROM SUPPORT. DAMAGED NACELLE SKIN ENGINE MOUNT AND FIREWALL.