# Incident 19830526031869I: Piper PA31, Syracuse, NY, May 26, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1983, 05:30 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 43.0413° N, 76.1432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Syracuse, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0413&lon=-76.1432&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2ZM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2ZM-1991-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540A1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 257 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830526031869I

## Narrative

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

LEFT CARGO DOOR SEPERATED FROM AIRCRAFT DURING A DESCENT. BOTH TOP HINGES HAD BROKEN.

## Other reports on N2ZM (1)

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

- [Accident 19790131001959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790131001959A), Jan 31, 1979: Piper PA31 (N2ZM), Laconia, NH, Substantial damage. Pilot hit a snowbank while landing on a freshly plowed runway.

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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