# Accident 20200208009869A: Cessna 402C, Hyannis, MA, February 8, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2020, 14:15 local time
- Place: Hyannis, MA
- Airport: Barnstable Municipal-Boardman/Polan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 41.6529° N, 70.2828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hyannis, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft: N409BK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N409BK) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,786 total
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200208009869A

## Narrative

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

DURING PART 91 REPOSITIONING FLIGHT INITIAL CLIMB OUT STRAIGHT AHEAD, THE DOOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AS I BEGAN A TURNOUT OF THE PATTERN, THE CREW HATCH DOOR CAME OFF.

RETURNED TO HYA.  COM ANTENNA WAS DAMAGED WHEN THE DOOR HIT IT.  LANDED WITH 7700 NO COM UNEVENTFULLY.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; 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.

---
From OpenAirDocs.org, an independent open copy of FAA data. Only the Federal Register edition on govinfo.gov is the official legal text of an AD.