# Incident 20210331002749I: Cessna 207A, St. Mary'S, AK, March 31, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2021, 11:30 local time
- Place: St. Mary'S, AK
- Airport: St. Mary'S
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UATA
- Location: 62.0608° N, 163.3018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST MARY'S (KSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.0608&lon=-163.3018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9475M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9475M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073605, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-F (registry code 17237, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 14,000 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210331002749I

## Narrative

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

AFT CARGO DOOR OPENED IN FLIGHT.  PIC RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT AND LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N9475M (1)

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

- [Incident 20210605006299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210605006299I), Jun 5, 2021: Cessna 207A (N9475M), Bethel, AK, Minor damage. The cargo personnel loaded the Cessna 207 aircraft and closed the cargo doors. The airman did another inspection of the aircraft walking around the plane and…

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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