# Incident 19960710022919I: Cessna 404CESSNA, Denver, CO, July 10, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1996, 12:49 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EATA
- Location: 39.8617° N, 104.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENVER INTL (DEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8617&lon=-104.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N167SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N167SA-2007-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 404 (registry code 2075901, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 404CESSNA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,400 total, 400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960710022919I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, PIC HARMON OBSERVED THE DOOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATE. MOMENTS LATER, THE DOOR OPENED IN FLIGHT AND APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN TORN OFF BY THE AIRSTREAM. PIC HARMON ADVISED DENVER CENTER OF THE PROBLEM AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT DIA AT 1849Z. DOOR REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT. THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.

## Other reports on N167SA (2)

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

- [Incident 19870518072579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870518072579I), May 18, 1987: Cessna 404CESSNA (N167SA), Chicago, IL. Aborted takeoff when nose baggage door was found to be open. Ground crew failed to secure the door.
- [Accident 19851129064239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851129064239A), Nov 29, 1985: Cessna 404CESSNA (N167SA), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. The aircraft was hit by a baggage cart during taxi. The lighting conditions were dusk and drizzle was falling.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.