# Incident 20000519017729I: Beech 1900C, Ft Lauderdale, FL, May 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2000, 14:54 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GUUA
- Location: 26.0894° N, 80.1496° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0894&lon=-80.1496&mi=10
- Aircraft: N154GA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N154GA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900C (registry code 1154161, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (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 1900C
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A65B
- People aboard: 22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 250 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00IA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00IA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000519017729I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AFTER AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FIRST OFFICER, IT APPEARS THAT DURING THE PASSENGER BRIEFING, THE FIRST OFFICER MAY HAVE MOVED THE AIRSTAIR DOOR HANDLE UP, (TOWARD OPEN) AND DID NOT VERIFY THA TTHE DOOR WAS LOCKED AFTER THE PASSENGER BRIEFING. THE AIRSTAIR DOOR WARNING LIGHT HAD BEEN MEL'D INOPERATIVE.  AFTER DEPARTUTE, DURING CLIMB OUT, AT APPROX 800 FEET ALTITUDE THE AIRSTAIR OPENED IN FLIGHT, THE CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  RETRUNED TO FLL AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  POST INCIDENT EXAMINATION DEVEALED THAT THE AFT AIRSTAIR HANDRAIL CABLE AHD BROKEN AND APPROX 27 INCHES OF HANDRAIL CABLE WAS MISSING, THE ELFT PROPELLER RECEIVED DAMAGE TO ALL FOUR BALDES, ON HAD A GROCE IN THE LEADING EDGE AND TWO BALDES WERE MISSING THEIR TIPS.  SEVERAL HOLES WERE NOTED IN THE AIRSTAIR OUTTER DOOR SKIN THE DOOR LATCHING/LOCKING MECHANISM WAS FOUND OPERATE NORMALLY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA00IA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00IA164), May 19, 2000: Beech 1900C (N154GA), Fort Lauderdale, FL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The failure of the first officer to comply with procedures and directives for his failure to assure that the forward airstair door was closed and locked. A contributing factor in the incident was the…

## Other reports on N154GA (1)

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

- [Incident 19970712021749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970712021749I), Jul 12, 1997: Beech 1900C (N154GA), Miami, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: nose gear would not caster on taxi after landing. Found left main torque link broken. A/c was towed to hangar. 3. Left main torque link broken:…

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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