20191031020559I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piaggio Aero Industries P180 · West Jordan, UT · October 31, 2019

Date
October 31, 2019 · 14:25 local
Place
West Jordan, UT
Airport
South Valley Regional
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N829TX
Reported as
Piaggio Aero Industries P180
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,300 total2 in this make and model76 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft cabin door lower section opened in flight causing aircraft minor damage to the lower and upper door sections and the fuselage cabin door lower section hinge.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CABIN DOOR LOWER SECTION OPENED IN FLIGHT CAUSING AIRCRAFT MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER AND UPPER DOOR SECTIONS AND THE FUSELAGE CABIN DOOR LOWER SECTION HINGE.