# Accident 20081231857469A: Cessna 207A, Hoonah, AK, December 31, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2008, 10:40 local time
- Place: Hoonah, AK
- Airport: Hoonah
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AJAA
- Location: 58.1778° N, 135.2589° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.1778&lon=-135.2589&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39AK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39AK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073605, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-F (registry code 17237, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520-F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,925 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081231857469A

## Narrative

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

N39AK, WINGS OF ALASKA FLIGHT 15, A CESSNA 207A AIRCRAFT, WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT OVER SISTERS ISLAND ALASKA THE RIGHT REAR CARGO DOOR OPENED. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO HOONAH ALASKA AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. NO INJURIES TO THE TWO PERSONS ON BOARD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC09LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA017), Dec 31, 2008: Cessna 207A (N39AK), Hoonah, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to ensure that the aft cargo door was properly latched and locked prior to departure, which resulted in an in-flight opening of the aft cargo door and subsequent damage to the…

## Other reports on N39AK (2)

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

- [Accident 20050703017379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050703017379A), Jul 3, 2005: Cessna 207A (N39AK), Excursion Inlet, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) While taxiing at the Excursion Inlet airfield, aircraft struck a building with the left wing tip causing substantial damage.
- [Incident 19880903060569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880903060569I), Sep 3, 1988: Cessna 207A (N39AK), Juneau, AK, Minor damage. Misjudged clearance between 2 parked aircraft. Struck rudder of one. Aircraft was parked outside stripe.

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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