# Incident 19831207071619I: Beech B200, Austin, TX, December 7, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1983, 16:00 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: WAIA
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62881 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,600 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831207071619I

## Narrative

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

MAIN CABIN DOOR DEPARTED AIRCRAFT AT 16,000 FEET. DOOR NOT LOCKED OR DOOR LATCHING MECHANISM NOT PROPERLY RIGGED.

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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