19890109005469I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA60602P · Binghamton, NY · January 9, 1989

Date
January 9, 1989 · 07:54 local
Place
Binghamton, NY
Airport
Edwin A Link Field-Broome Cty
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3648B
Reported as
Piper PA60602P
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total

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.

Top of main cabin door opened on climbout. Declared emergency. Returned. Pilot hit door latch with elbow on climb.

As the FAA filed it

TOP OF MAIN CABIN DOOR OPENED ON CLIMBOUT. DECLARED EMERGENCY. RETURNED. PILOT HIT DOOR LATCH WITH ELBOW ON CLIMB.

Other reports on N3648B · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.