# Incident 20010606013409I: Piper PA32300, Concord, NC, June 6, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2001, 17:35 local time
- Place: Concord, NC
- Airport: Concord Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 35.4088° N, 80.5795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Concord, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4088&lon=-80.5795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N833WC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,304 total, 97 in this make and model, 201 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010606013409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT HAD JUST BEGUN A DESCENT FROM 6000 FEET TO 3000 FEET WHEN HE HEARD THE SOUND OF AIR COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE CHEROKEE SIX. A SECOND OR TWO LATER THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING NOISE AND A GREATER RUSH OF AIR.  THE PILOT THEN TURNED AROUND TO FIND THE TOP HALF OF THE PASSENGER DOOR MISSING.  HE WAS ABOUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES FROM HIS DESTINATION (THE CONDORD, NORTH CAROLINA AIRPORT, JQF).  A LANDING WAS MADE WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE SUBJECT PASSENGER DOOR WAS SECURELY FASTENED PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT'S ORIGIN.

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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