# Incident 20210726011979I: Cessna 402C, Billings, MT, July 26, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2021, 12:46 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N890CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N890CA) (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: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,398 total, 2,889 in this make and model, 255 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210726011979I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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