# Incident 19930208008669I: Curtis C46RCURTIS, Fairbanks, AK, February 8, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1993, 14:10 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Part 125 operator
- Operator: EVAB
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7848B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7848B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Curtiss Wright C-46R (registry code 2622710, https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-c-46r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTIS C46RCURTIS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 116 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930208008669I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF ATC ADVISED CARGO DOOR APPEARED TO BE OPEN. RETURNED. LANDED. TAXIED TO RAMP TO FIND CAUSE.

## Other reports on N7848B (1)

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

- [Accident 19850315014759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850315014759A), Mar 15, 1985: Curtis C46RCURTIS (N7848B), Nulato, AK, Substantial damage. Landed on snow covered gravel runway. Poor braking action, off end of runway, hit snow berm.

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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