# Incident 20120208001559I: Cessna 402C, San Juan, PR, February 8, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2012, 13:30 local time
- Place: San Juan, PR
- Airport: San Juan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 18.4578° N, 66.1211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN JUAN (PR34), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4578&lon=-66.1211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26632, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26632-2025-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 730 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120208001559I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO AND CLIMBED TO 7000 FT. PILOT HAD A DOOR WARNING LIGHT. PILOT CHECKED THE CREW DOOR CHECKED THE CREW DOOR LATCH. THE DOOR CAME OPEN DISLOCATING THE PILOT'S SHOULDER.  THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH SAN JUAN APPROACH AND RETURNED TO SAN JUAN AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING

## Other reports on N26632 (1)

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

- [Incident 19871004074019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871004074019I), Oct 4, 1987: Cessna 402C (N26632), New York, NY. Forword baggage door warning light illuminated on takeoff roll. Aborted. Door secured again. Pilot departed again.

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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