20090515025599I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Agusta AB139 · Deadhorse, AK · May 15, 2009

Date
May 15, 2009 · 15:00 local
Place
Deadhorse, AK
Airport
Deadhorse
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Operator
ERAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N813DG
Reported as
Agusta AB139
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total1,135 in this make and model0 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.

Crew failed to ensure that the cargo door was properly latched. The door was closed and after reaching cruising speed the door began sliding open and departed the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

CREW FAILED TO ENSURE THAT THE CARGO DOOR WAS PROPERLY LATCHED. THE DOOR WAS CLOSED AND AFTER REACHING CRUISING SPEED THE DOOR BEGAN SLIDING OPEN AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.