# Incident 20230520003319I: Cessna 402C, Nantucket, MA, May 20, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2023, 17:58 local time
- Place: Nantucket, MA
- Airport: Nantucket Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 41.2533° N, 70.0605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NANTUCKET MEML (ACK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2533&lon=-70.0605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68391, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68391) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,018 total, 1,457 in this make and model, 283 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230520003319I

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT FROM HYA TO ACK AND PASSENGERS ONBOARD. THE PIC RECIEVED A FLICKERING DOOR WARNING LIGHT AND CONTINUED THE FLIGHT. WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE PIC TRIED TO ADJUST HE CREW DOOR HANDLE TO EXTINGUISH THE DOOR WARNING LIGHT. AT THAT TIME THE CREW DOOR OPENED AND SWUNG UP STRIKING THE UPPER FUSELAGE AND SHATTERING THE CREW DOOR GLASS AS WELL AS DAMAGING THE ANTENNA. THE PILOT DECRESED AIRSPEED AND MADE A SAFE LANDING AT ACK WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N68391 (2)

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

- [Incident 19841023063849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841023063849I), Oct 23, 1984: Cessna 402CESSNA (N68391), Huntington, WV, Minor damage. Feathered engine after losing oil pressure. Uneventful landing. Scavenge pump RN639407 cracked.
- [Incident 19811218089249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811218089249I), Dec 18, 1981: Cessna 402A (N68391), Huntington, WV, Minor damage. Taxiing in light snow on taxiway, aircraft passed taxi intersection and hit snowbank with wingtip.

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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