# Incident 20191006018779I: Airbus Helicopters Inc AS350B3, Marina, CA, October 6, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2019, 15:30 local time
- Place: Marina, CA
- Airport: Watsonville Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9357° N, 121.7896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATSONVILLE MUNI (WVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9357&lon=-121.7896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N789LP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N789LP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Helicopters AS350B3 (registry code 1145005, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-helicopters-as350b3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-2D (registry code 60080, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS INC AS350B3
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 2D
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 665 total, 224 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191006018779I

## Narrative

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

ABOUT 15 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE THE PILOT NOTICED A CHANGE IN FLIGHT PERFORMANCE AND SLIGHT VIBRATION. AT THAT TIME THE DOOR INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND A PASSENGER CONFIRMED THE LEFT SIDE BAGGAGE DOOR WAS FLAPPING. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THE PASSENGER REPORTED THE DOOR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO WATSONVILLE AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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