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Incident · Damage unknown

FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · Fort Myers, FL · August 22, 1991

Date: August 22, 1991 · 19:00 local
Place: Fort Myers, FL
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: FMTA
Damage: Damage unknown
Aircraft: N15JK
Reported as: Piper PA31
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,800 total700 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N15JKRegistration cancelled Jan 9, 1995 · Piper PA-31-310S/N 31221 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310

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.

Accidental opening of back cargo door in flight. Pilot unaware door was open and the cargo had fallen.

As the FAA filed it

ACCIDENTAL OPENING OF BACK CARGO DOOR IN FLIGHT. PILOT UNAWARE DOOR WAS OPEN AND THE CARGO HAD FALLEN.

Other reports on N15JK · 1

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

Incident 19801211087429IFinal Approach · Seattle, WAManifold pressure unstable. Lubed waste gate and condition was repaired.Dec 11, 1980 · Reported as Piper PA31300