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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Fairbanks, AK · November 14, 1981

Date
November 14, 1981 · 09:15 local
Place
Fairbanks, AK
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ACSA
Aircraft
N61439
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,600 total600 in this make and model240 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.

Za door warning light on. Returned. Found interlock pin linkage broken on bottom part of cabin door.

As the FAA filed it

ZA DOOR WARNING LIGHT ON. RETURNED. FOUND INTERLOCK PIN LINKAGE BROKEN ON BOTTOM PART OF CABIN DOOR.