# Incident 20250416003529I: Beech B200, Nome, AK, April 16, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2025, 17:30 local time
- Place: Nome, AK
- Airport: Nome
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FXTA
- Location: 64.5126° N, 165.4444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NOME (OME), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.5126&lon=-165.4444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N326KW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N326KW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B200 (registry code 1152922, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 22,598 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250416003529I

## Narrative

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

ON 22 APRIL, 2025, IN NOME, AK, THE PIC CONDUCTED AIRCRAFT DOOR FAMILIARIZATION WITH NEWER MEDICAL PERSONNEL PRIOR TO DEPARTURE.  PRIOR TO DEPARTURE THE PIC CLOSED AND LOCKED THE DOOR AND HAD ZERO INDICATION THAT THE DOOR WAS UNLOCKED AND NOT SECURED.  IF THE DOOR HAD NOT BEEN CLOSED AND LOCKED, A WARNING LIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN ILLUMINATED IN THE COCKPIT.  THE AIRCRAT TOOK OFF WITH NO ISSUES AND AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING THROUGH AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 17,000 FEET THE PIC NOTICED A FLICKERING WARNING LIGHT, TURNED AROUND TO ENSURE THE MEDICAL CREW WERE IN THEIR SEATS, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DOOR OPENED.  THE PIC DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO NOME.  THE DOOR DID NOT SEPARATE FROM THE FUSELAGE AND WAS DRAGGED ON THE GROUND AS THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED BACK TO ITS PARKING LOCATION.  THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.

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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