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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Anchorage, AK · September 5, 1984

Date: September 5, 1984 · 11:15 local
Place: Anchorage, AK
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: ALYA
Aircraft: N3415W
Reported as: Piper PA32260
Reported engine: Lycoming O540E4B5
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,200 total2,200 in this make and model314 in the last 90 days

N3415WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260S/N 32-277 · Built 1965 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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.

A large dog in the forward baggage compartment forced the door open in flight and fell out of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

A LARGE DOG IN THE FORWARD BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT FORCED THE DOOR OPEN IN FLIGHT AND FELL OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT.