# Incident 20190930018409I: Piper PA-32RT-300T, Laurinburg, NC, September 30, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2019, 12:40 local time
- Place: Laurinburg, NC
- Airport: Laurinburg-Maxton
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7922° N, 79.3659° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAURINBURG/MAXTON (MEB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7922&lon=-79.3659&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39506, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 684 total, 155 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190930018409I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN STATED THAT A DOOR HAD POPPED OPEN INFLIGHT.  THIS CAUSED THE CABIN TO BE VERY NOISY AND THE AIRMAN WAS UNABLE TO HEAR ATC TRANSMISSIONS.  THE AIRMAN WAS BEING VECTORED FOR THE ILS AT LAURINBURG-MAXTON AIRPORT (KMEB) WHILE OPERATING ON AN IFR (INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES) FLIGHT PLAN.  ON THE DESCENT THE AIRMAN BROKE OUT INTO VFR CONDITIONS AT 1900 FEET AND PROCEEDED VISUALLY TO KMEB AND LANDED SAFELY.  THE AIRMAN FORGOT TO NOTIFY ATC TO CANCEL IFR WHEN HE BROKE OUT INTO VISUAL CONDITIONS.

## Other reports on N39506 (1)

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

- [Incident 19900130016099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900130016099I), Jan 30, 1990: Piper PA32RT300T (N39506), Miami, FL, Minor damage. One gear folded on landing rollout. Aircraft veered off runway. Down latch had failed.

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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