# Incident 19961120040099I: Cessna T337, Spencer, IA, November 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1996, 12:00 local time
- Place: Spencer, IA
- Airport: Spencer Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1657° N, 95.2028° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPENCER MUNI (SPW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1657&lon=-95.2028&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52DG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52DG-2018-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337G (registry code 2075726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961120040099I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM SIOUX FALLS, SD TO OMAHA, NE THE TOP ENTRANCE DOOR HALF CAME OPEN AT 12,000' DURING CRUISE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TOP HALF OF THE CABIN DOOR AND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING INBOARD OF THE STRUT. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT THE SPENCER AIRPORT, SPENCER, IA WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF THE DOOR LATCHES AND DOOR LATCHING MECHANISM SHOWED NO DISCREPANCIES. THIS REPORT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT 11/22/96.

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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