40.7608° N, 111.8910° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Lake City, UT, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 24, 1985 · 14:05 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SWIA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N170SW
Reported as
Swrngn SA227AC
People aboard
19
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total2,000 in this make and model100 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.
Main rear baggage door opened after rotation. Baggage door handle was not engaged properly.
As the FAA filed it
MAIN REAR BAGGAGE DOOR OPENED AFTER ROTATION. BAGGAGE DOOR HANDLE WAS NOT ENGAGED PROPERLY.