# Incident 20071104830499I: Beech B200, Binghamton, NY, November 4, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2007, 16:28 local time
- Place: Binghamton, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: S6DA
- Location: 42.1013° N, 75.9094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Binghamton, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1013&lon=-75.9094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N786DD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N786DD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B200 (registry code 1152922, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071104830499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2007, 1628 EST, A BEECHCRAFT BE-200, S/N BB-1171, N786DD, OPERATED BY SCOTT RICHARD AVIATION SERVICES, INC., A CFR PART 135 AIR CARRIER, EXPERIENCED THE MAIN CABIN DOOR SEPARATING FROM THE AIRCRAFT WHILE IN FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE TO THE WESTCHESTER, NY AND DIVERTED AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 34 AT THE BINGHAMTON REGIONAL AIRPORT (KBGM). THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND THE CRASH FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. AN AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR FROM THE ROCHESTER FSDO INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT, AND AT THIS POINT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE AROUND THE DOOR FRAME. IT WAS ALSO VERIFIED THAT THE DOOR ANNUNCIATE LIGHT BULD DID AND DOES ILLUMINATE. AN OPERATIONS INSPECTOR, ALSO OF THE ROCHESTER FSDO, INTERVIEWED THE FLIGHT CREW. DURING THE INTERVIEW, THE CREW ALSO INDICATED THAT THE FIRST OFFICER CLOSED THE DOOR AND THAT THE DOOR WAS PROPERLY LATCHED PRIOR TO FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ITHACA AIRPORT (KITH) ITHACA, NEW YORK ON NOVEMBER 4, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1615 EST. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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