19840107019539I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA60601B · Lancaster, PA · January 7, 1984

Date
January 7, 1984 · 16:00 local
Place
Lancaster, PA
Airport
Lancaster
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N95240
Reported as
Piper PA60601B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total11 in this make and model55 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.

Cabin door opened. Blew off as pilot tried to close it. His hand blew into prop injuring a finger. Door not secured

As the FAA filed it

CABIN DOOR OPENED. BLEW OFF AS PILOT TRIED TO CLOSE IT. HIS HAND BLEW INTO PROP INJURING A FINGER. DOOR NOT SECURED