# Incident 19990802033029I: Beech C90, West Palm Beach, FL, August 2, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1999, 19:11 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711BN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N711BN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90 (registry code 1152913, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A60A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990802033029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUG. 2, 1999, N711BN, A BE-90, DEPARTED FROM WEST PALM BEACH INT'L WITH PILOT DUANE CRITHFIELD, CERTIFICATE #505589875, AND FOUR PASSENGERS. DURING CRUISE ALTITUDE, THE AIRCRAFT LOST IT'S MAIN CARGO/PASSENGER DOOR.  THE DOOR LANDED BY A CHURCH.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT PBI WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THE INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE LATCHING PORTION ON THE AIRFRAME.  THE DOOR LATCHES WORKED THROUGH THE FULL TRAVEL.  THE BOTTOM ATTACHMENT POINT AND PIANO HINGE WERE DAMAGED.  THE PILOT STATES IN HIS STATEMENT TO THIS OFFICE THAT A PRIVATE PILOT, OTHER THAN HIMSELF, CLOSED AND SECURED THE DOOR.

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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