# Incident 19900215064919I: Doug DC8F55, Fort Wayne, IN, February 15, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1990, 17:49 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CKSA
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N855BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N855BC-1991-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-8F-55 (registry code 3021928, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8f-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC8F55
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,600 total, 394 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900215064919I

## Narrative

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

CARGO DOOR OPENED AND DUMPED CARGO ON TAKEOFF. RETURNED AND LANDED. MICROSWITCH WAS BROKEN AND STRIKER BENT.

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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