# Incident 20041115032579I: Beech 1900C, Hilo, HI, November 15, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2004, 00:32 local time
- Place: Hilo, HI
- Airport: Hilo General Lyman Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: TIMA
- Location: 19.7225° N, 155.0868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hilo, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.7225&lon=-155.0868&mi=10
- Aircraft: N153GA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N153GA) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,600 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041115032579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON RAMP AT HILO AIRPORT, PILOT CLOSED AIRSTAIR DOOR FROM OUTSIDE. WHEN FINISHED UNLOADING CARGO, HE PROCEEDED THROUGH INSIDE OF AIRCRAFT TO COCKPIT BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAIN. PILOT DID NOT VISUALLY CHECK AIRSTAIR DOOR LOCK, BUT DID NOT HAVE A WARNING LIGHT WHEN BATTERY POWER APPLIED. WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 4500 FT ON DEPARTURE, AIRSTAIR DOOR OPENED WITHOUT WARNING. AT THAT TIME, WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND GOT VECTORS BACK FOR ILS AT HILO. DUE TO 20 KNOT CROSSWIND FROM THE RIGHT, AIRCRAFT LANDED LEFT OF CENTERLINE AND LEFT MAIN GEAR BROKE A RUNWAY LIGHT. OPEN AIRSTAIR DOOR RECEIVED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE ON LANDING. PILOT NOTIFIED COMPANY, WHO NOTIFIED CMT. NO NOTIFICATION TO HNL FSDO ON 15 NOV. FOLLOWING DAY, FSDO LEARNED OF HILO DISTRICT MANAGER QUERY TO ATC. ALPINE GROUND PERSONNEL HAD ALREADY EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT, PROVIDED PICTURES. AIRCRAFT WAS SECURED AT HILO PENDING ARRIVAL OF PARTS. INSPECTOR ^PRIVAC^ MET ALPINE REPAIR CREW ON RAMP AT HILO ON 11/27. DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM BADLY DAMAGED FROM DRAGGING AT LANDING, IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE LATCH CONFIGURATION AT MOMENT OF OPENING.

## Other reports on N153GA (3)

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

- [Incident 20140108000109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140108000109I), Jan 8, 2014: Beech 1900C (N153GA), Great Falls, MT, Minor damage. On January 8, 2014, at 1800 hrs MST, a Beech 1900G while taxing on alpha to A1, was turning to runway 21 and turned short. Struck taxiway light and stopped in…
- [Incident 20090820049539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090820049539I), Aug 20, 2009: Beech 1900C (N153GA), Grand Forks, ND, Minor damage. Upon completion of a successful landing on runway 35L, aircraft utilized taxiway a and contacted barricades that were in place and notamed. Aircraft sustained…
- [Incident 20010906023649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010906023649I), Sep 6, 2001: Beech 1900C (N153GA), Childress, TX. (-23) Flight AIP511 from abq to dfw was a cargo flight with no passengers but did have live animals. The pilot and flight observer smelled fumes from…

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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