# Incident 20041117028599I: Piper PA60600, Selingsgrove, PA, November 17, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2004, 07:48 local time
- Place: Selingsgrove, PA
- Airport: Penn Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CSJA
- Location: 40.8212° N, 76.8642° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PENN VALLEY (SEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8212&lon=-76.8642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49MG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49MG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 7106001, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 30 in this make and model, 311 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041117028599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT IN CRUISE FLIGHT @ 6,000' ALTITUDE. ENCOUNTERED SOME TURBULENCE AND NOTICED THE DOOR WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. PILOT GRABBED HANDLE TO ENSURE DOOR WAS LOCKED WHEN IT OPENED AND PULLED HIS ARM AND DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER. THE UPPER CABIN DOOR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. TOWER DIRECTED HIM TO SEG WHERE HE MADE A SAFE LANDING.

## Other reports on N49MG (1)

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

- [Incident 20190401002339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190401002339I), Apr 1, 2019: Piper AEROSTAR 600 (N49MG), Fargo, ND, Minor damage. Narrative from pilot: on April 1st, 2019 I, [privacy data omitted] declared an emergency enroute from kmot to kane due to an open door and partial amputation…

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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