# Incident 19920709029639I: Piper PA60600, Midland, TX, July 9, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1992, 19:15 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MFLA
- Location: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9973&lon=-102.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N742WP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N742WP-1999-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 8360602, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,860 total, 175 in this make and model, 260 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920709029639I

## Narrative

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

CAUTION LIGHT DOOR AJAR ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. WIND TORE DOOR PANEL OFF. LANDED SAFELY. DOOR LATCHING LOCK WORN.

## Other reports on N742WP (1)

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

- [Accident 19871026060879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871026060879A), Oct 26, 1987: Piper PA60600 (N742WP), Ardmore, OK, Substantial damage. Landed short of the runway. Impact tore off the right gear and the left gear collapsed in the slide on the runway.

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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