From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
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(-23) On 1-25-01, at 19:23 local time, amwa flight 588, N165YV, a BE-1900-D, departed pit enroute to fkl and returned after takeoff to pit, due to aft cargo door opening in flight. Emergency landing was made without injuries. On 1-26-01, inspection of N165YV at the duj maintenance base revealed the following information: the aft cargo door had been deferred since 1-24-01 for cargo door annunciator illuminating in flight. This deferral had relief on MEL page 52-1, item 2. Inspection of the door revealed that the cargo door lock mechanism and all devices working I.a.w. Beech manuals. As a result of this incident amwa will make changes to its current MEL procedures and provide assurances that the cargo door is securely latched when the annunciator system is inoperative per the poi of amwaprivacy data omitted. Submission of this report closed this incident.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON 1-25-01, AT 19:23 LOCAL TIME, AMWA FLIGHT 588, N165YV, A BE-1900-D, DEPARTED PIT ENROUTE TO FKL AND RETURNED AFTER TAKEOFF TO PIT, DUE TO AFT CARGO DOOR OPENING IN FLIGHT. EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT INJURIES. ON 1-26-01, INSPECTION OF N165YV AT THE DUJ MAINTENANCE BASE REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: THE AFT CARGO DOOR HAD BEEN DEFERRED SINCE 1-24-01 FOR CARGO DOOR ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATING IN FLIGHT. THIS DEFERRAL HAD RELIEF ON MEL PAGE 52-1, ITEM 2. INSPECTION OF THE DOOR REVEALED THAT THE CARGO DOOR LOCK MECHANISM AND ALL DEVICES WORKING I.A.W. BEECH MANUALS. AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT AMWA WILL MAKE CHANGES TO ITS CURRENT MEL PROCEDURES AND PROVIDE ASSURANCES THAT THE CARGO DOOR IS SECURELY LATCHED WHEN THE ANNUNCIATOR SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE PER THE POI OF AMWA^PRIVACY DA^. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSED THIS INCIDENT.
Other reports on N165YV · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.