# Incident 20040812021329I: Cessna 402B, Portland, OR, August 12, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2004, 19:57 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 45.5887° N, 122.5969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL (PDX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5887&lon=-122.5969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5550K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5550K-2008-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,302 total, 514 in this make and model, 182 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040812021329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DESCENT FROM 14000, THE PILOT NOTICED A DOOR LIGHT ILLUMINATION. HE CHECKED THE REAR DOOR WHICH APPEARED NORMAL AND WHEN HE REACHED FOR THE LEFT CREW DOOR HANDLE, THE DOOR OPENED FULLY AND RESTED ON THE TOP OF THE FUSELAGE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY AN AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR INDICATED IT APPEARED THE LATCH PINS WERE NOT PROTRUDING THE REQUIRED .80 INCHES, HOWEVER, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE FOR CERTAIN DUE TO DAMAGE TO THE DOOR. THE HAND BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY APPEARED TO OPERATE NORMALLY, HOWEVER, IT APPEARED TO HAVE WORN/SLOPPY RIGGING. A CHECK OF CESSNA MAINTENANCE MANUAL REVEALED IT DOES NOT REQUIRE A PULL TEST OF THE BREAK OVER PRESSURE OF THE HANDLE AND ONLY A GENERAL VISUAL INSPECTION. ANOTHER 402 REVEALED A POSITIVE OVER CENTER LOCK. TWO DIFFERENT LOCK MECHANISMS ARE MADE BY CESSNA, SEE BLOCK 45 FOR FINAL INFORMATION.

## Other reports on N5550K (1)

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

- [Incident 19941031045709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941031045709I), Oct 31, 1994: Cessna 402B (N5550K), Portland, OR, Minor damage. Baggage cart struck wing tip of the aircraft as it was taxiing to park.

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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