# Incident 20210322002109I: Cessna 402C, Mayaguez, PR, March 22, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2021, 16:00 local time
- Place: Mayaguez, PR
- Airport: Eugenio Maria De Hostos
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 18.2557° N, 67.1485° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS (MAZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.2557&lon=-67.1485&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N106CA) (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
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,824 total, 984 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210322002109I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO TJMZ/MAZ AT APPROXIMATELY 400' AGL THE CREW HATCH OPENED STRIKING THE UPPER FUSELAGE STRUCTURE AND SWUNG BACK INTO THE CABIN BEFORE BEING BLOWN BACK OUT AGAIN. THE DOOR STRUCK THE LEFT FOREARM AND ELBOW OF PILOT CAUSING SEVERAL LACERATIONS. AIRCRAFT REMAINED STABLE ON APPROACH PATH AND PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WERE 5 PAX ONBOARD AND VFR WEATHER PREVAILED. AFTER EVALUATION OF THE CREW DOOR AND SURROUNDING STRUCTURE, THE CREW DOOR LATCH MECHANISMS PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY AND MINOR DAMAGE TO UPPER SKIN STRUCTURE WAS FOUND. CAUSE OF CREW DOOR OPENING WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. PIC WILL BE RETRAINED TO COMPANY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR OPERATION WITH CREW DOOR OPEN AND PROPER CREW DOOR CLOSURE PRIOR TO DEPARTURE.

## Other reports on N106CA (1)

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

- [Incident 20051012023839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051012023839I), Oct 12, 2005: Cessna 402C (N106CA), Boston, MA, Minor damage. (-23) Cape air, flight #702, N106CA, CE-402-C, 10/12/05, while parking the aircraft at terminal c in Boston, had the right wing tip hit a baggage chute in…

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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