20061215027759I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Tucson, AZ · December 15, 2006

Date
December 15, 2006 · 12:24 local
Place
Tucson, AZ
Airport
Ryan Field Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
I6ZS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N900CW
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,080 total40 in this make and model105 in the last 90 days

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

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During an instructional flight on a 2 mile downwind, the forward baggage door broke in two and and one part departed the aircraft. Aircraft landed without further incident. No secondary damage noted to the aircraft. The part of baggage door that departed the aircraft could not be located. AD 88-04-05 (supersedes AD 81-10-03) addresses the latching mechanism on this door. During an interview with inspector privacy data omitted ^, privacy data omitted, asst. Chief instructor for international airline training academy, stated that the pilot left the baggage door unlatched during the pre-flight walk around after checking the brake reservoir located in the nose baggage area. Remainder of door has already been disposed of.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT ON A 2 MILE DOWNWIND, THE FORWARD BAGGAGE DOOR BROKE IN TWO AND AND ONE PART DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO SECONDARY DAMAGE NOTED TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PART OF BAGGAGE DOOR THAT DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT BE LOCATED. AD 88-04-05 (SUPERSEDES AD 81-10-03) ADDRESSES THE LATCHING MECHANISM ON THIS DOOR. DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY ^, ^PRIVACY DATA ^, ASST. CHIEF INSTRUCTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE TRAINING ACADEMY, STATED THAT THE PILOT LEFT THE BAGGAGE DOOR UNLATCHED DURING THE PRE-FLIGHT WALK AROUND AFTER CHECKING THE BRAKE RESERVOIR LOCATED IN THE NOSE BAGGAGE AREA. REMAINDER OF DOOR HAS ALREADY BEEN DISPOSED OF.