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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31T · Atlantic City, NJ · June 18, 1987

Date
June 18, 1987 · 11:30 local
Place
Atlantic City, NJ
Airport
Atlantic City Municipal-Bader Field
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N44DT
Reported as
Piper PA31T
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,465 total352 in this make and model110 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 came open during climb after wind noise was heard. Returned and shut the door.

As the FAA filed it

CABIN DOOR CAME OPEN DURING CLIMB AFTER WIND NOISE WAS HEARD. RETURNED AND SHUT THE DOOR.