# Incident 19890804050719I: Cvac STC240T, Nashville, TN, August 4, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1989, 23:31 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SMBA
- Location: 36.1245° N, 86.6782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NASHVILLE INTL (BNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1245&lon=-86.6782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94205, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94205-2001-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 600-240D (registry code 2422660, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-600-240d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce DART-542 series (registry code 54522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-dart-542-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC STC240T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 2,800 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890804050719I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CARGO DOOR CAME OFF ON LIFTOFF. DOOR HAD BEEN CHECKED BEFORE DEPARTURE. RETURNED. CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED.

## Other reports on N94205 (2)

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

- [Incident 19930528023319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930528023319I), May 28, 1993: Cvac STC240T (N94205), Cleveland, OH, Minor damage. Noise on gear retraction. Continued to destination. Landed safely. Found nose steering cylinder barrell had failed.
- [Incident 19861024067059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861024067059I), Oct 24, 1986: Cvac STC240T (N94205), Albany, NY. Unsafe gear indication on final. Recycled gear during a go around. Safe indication. Repositioned wire in switch.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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