# Incident 19910822049169I: Piper PA31, Fort Myers, FL, August 22, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1991, 19:00 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FMTA
- Location: 26.6406° N, 81.8723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Myers, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6406&lon=-81.8723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15JK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15JK-1995-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 700 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910822049169I

## Narrative

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

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 19801211087429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801211087429I), Dec 11, 1980: Piper PA31300 (N15JK), Seattle, WA. Manifold pressure unstable. Lubed waste gate and condition was repaired.

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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