# Incident 20090918018469I: Piagio P180, Santa Ana, CA, September 18, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2009, 16:30 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N780CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N780CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piaggio P180 (registry code 6960204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piaggio-p180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 (registry code 52206, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-66) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIAGIO P180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090918018469I

## Narrative

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

PIAGGIO P-180, N780CA, ENROUTE FROM ST.GEORGE, UT, TO SANTA ANA, CA, LOST AFT CARGO DOOR AT 13,000 FEET, APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES NORTH OF HECTOR, CA.  AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT SNA WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  NO REPORTED AIR OR GROUND INJURIES.

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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