# Incident 20260708010119I: Cessna 402C, San Juan, PR, July 8, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2026, 05:15 local time
- Place: San Juan, PR
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67886, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N67886) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,152 total, 221 in this make and model, 173 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260708010119I

## Narrative

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

08 JULY 2026, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (C402), DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ON CLIMB OUT AFTER DEPARTING SAN JUAN (SJU), DUE TO THE CREW DOOR OPENING AND STRIKING THE RADIO ANTENNA. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SAN JUAN AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO INJURIES WERE NOTED. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF: THE AFT CREW DOOR HINGE SEPARATING FORM THE DOOR. THE AIRCRAFT SKIN BELOW THE FORWARD CREW DOOR HINGE CRACKING. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE ABOVE THE CREW DOOR BEING DENTED. THE FORWARD RADIO ANTENNA BASE CRACKED. IT APPEARS THAT THE ANTENNA DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. POST MAINTENANCE INSPECTION VERIFIED THE DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM WAS OPERATING PROPERLY. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT VERIFY IF THE DOOR HINGE WAS OPERATING PROPERLY DUE TO THE HINGE BEING DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS CATEGORIZED AS MINOR.

## Other reports on N67886 (1)

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

- [Incident 19950619018959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950619018959I), Jun 19, 1995: Cessna 402C (N67886), Hyannis, MA. Departed hya to reposition to ack. Door light came on. Tried close crew door. Door departed. Returned. Cut his arm.

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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