# Incident 19961101038849I: Beech 1900D, Phoenix, AZ, November 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 1996, 21:18 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Sky Harbor International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MASA
- Location: 33.4343° N, 112.0116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL (PHX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4343&lon=-112.0116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35YV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35YV-2001-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900D (registry code 1154162, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,671 total, 2,072 in this make and model, 239 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961101038849I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: FLIGHT 5275 DEPARTED PHX ENROUTE TO FLG. VMC PREVAILED. AFTER DEPARTURE AND CLIMBING, THE BLEED AIR WAS SELECTED BY THE F/O. THE CREW HEARD RUSHING AIR AND CHECKED THE CABIN DOOR. NO LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE ANNUNCIATOR PANEL. THE CREW DETERMINED THE AFT CARGO DOOR HAD OPENED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PHX WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE PIC REPORTED THAT DURING DESCENT AT APPROXIMATELY 500' AGL HE PUSHED THE "PRESS TO TEST" BUTTON ON THE ANNUNCIATOR PANEL AND ALL THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. WHEN HE RELEASED THE BUTTON "THEN" THE AFT CARGO DOOR WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE LIGHT REMAINED ON DURING TAXI TO THE GATE. AFTER PASSENGER DEPLANING THE PIC TURNED POWER BACK ON AND THE AFT CARGO DOOR (OPEN) LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE UNTIL IT WAS TAPPED WITH A FINGER.

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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