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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 402C · Billings, MT · July 26, 2021

Date
July 26, 2021 · 12:46 local
Place
Billings, MT
Airport
Billings Logan International
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HYIA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N890CA
Reported as
Cessna 402C
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
3,398 total2,889 in this make and model255 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.

After departure from bil and while in cruise flight the door warning light illuminated. Pilot attempted to re-latch crew door when the crew opened striking to upper fuselage cause damage to fuselage structure and crew door assembly. Pilot diverted back to bil.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER DEPARTURE FROM BIL AND WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE DOOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RE-LATCH CREW DOOR WHEN THE CREW OPENED STRIKING TO UPPER FUSELAGE CAUSE DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE STRUCTURE AND CREW DOOR ASSEMBLY. PILOT DIVERTED BACK TO BIL.