# Incident 20191031020559I: Piaggio Aero Industries Spa P180, West Jordan, UT, October 31, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2019, 14:25 local time
- Place: West Jordan, UT
- Airport: South Valley Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6195° N, 111.9929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTH VALLEY RGNL (SVR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6195&lon=-111.9929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N829TX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N829TX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piaggio Aero Industries P180 (registry code 6960206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piaggio-aero-industries-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: PIAGGIO AERO INDUSTRIES SPA P180
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-66
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 2 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191031020559I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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