# Incident 19811114088109I: Piper PA31350, Fairbanks, AK, November 14, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1981, 09:15 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ACSA
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61439, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61439-1988-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 600 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811114088109I

## Narrative

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

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

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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