# Incident 19970523014439I: Cessna 207A, Stevens Village, AK, May 23, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1997, 11:45 local time
- Place: Stevens Village, AK
- Airport: Stevens Village Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FFSA
- Location: 66.0172° N, 149.0544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STEVENS VILLAGE (SVS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.0172&lon=-149.0544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N178SU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,906 total, 56 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970523014439I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE CARGO DOOR WAS LATCHED BEFORE TAKEOFF BY MR. BOWEN. RUNWAY CONDITIONS AT STEVEN'S VILLAGE WAS EXTREMELY ROUGH CAUSING AIRCRAFT VIBRATION AND FLUXING, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED THE DOOR TO BECOME UNLATCHED. THE CARGO DOOR CAME OPEN CAUSING DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE ABOUT 22 MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF. ABOUT 38 MILES FROM FAI. CONTINUED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT LANDED AT FAI. AIRMAN GIVEN 12 DAYS OFF AND OFFERED TO PAY FOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. COMPANY RETRAINED ON PREFLIGHT PROCEDURES. COUNSELING CONDUCTED FAI FSDO 5/20/97.

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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