# Incident 19830314019309I: Cvac 240*, Tucson, AZ, March 14, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1983, 19:10 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2217° N, 110.9265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tucson, AZ, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2217&lon=-110.9265&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99380, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99380-2014-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 240 (registry code 2422601, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-240) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 240*
- Reported engine: PWA R2800*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830314019309I

## Narrative

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

FOREWARD CABIN MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT ON CLIMBOUT. JAMMED DOOR PLUNGERS FAILED TO LOCK.

## Other reports on N99380 (1)

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

- [Incident 20031024028449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031024028449I), Oct 24, 2003: Cvac 240* (N99380), Pittsburgh, PA, Minor damage. (-23) At 0630E on 10/24/2003, air tahoma flight 384, a CV-240 landed on runway 32 when the right engine caught fire. The ARFF responded and extinguished the…

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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