# Incident 20090522006919I: Cessna U206F, Mokuleia, HI, May 22, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2009, 08:00 local time
- Place: Mokuleia, HI
- Airport: Dillingham Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.5794° N, 158.1718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mokuleia, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.5794&lon=-158.1718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N345TW-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 250 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090522006919I

## Narrative

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

UPON DESCENT, AT ABOUT 3000' AND 90 KNOTS, THE PILOT NOTICED AN UNUSUAL NOISE AND FOUND THAT THE FLEXIBLE SKYDIVING DOOR HAD MOVED OUTSIDE THE DOOR FRAME OPENING.  A METAL DOOR STIFFENER STRUCK AND PUNCTURED THE RIGHT HAND FLAP LOWER SKIN.  THE PILOT SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT, SECURED THE DOOR AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.

## Other reports on N345TW (1)

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

- [Incident 20120809020509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120809020509I), Aug 9, 2012: Cessna U206F (N345TW), Mokuleia, HI, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Explained that the flight was planned to climb to 8000' with 8 jumpers on board. During the run up everything was in the green. When he…

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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