- Date
- November 16, 1982, 06:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place
- Huntsville, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5BABeech G18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821116065209I
- Case key
- 71129
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Analysis
The left cargo door separated from the acft. The door was a hamilton cargo door installed under an STC which required 3 hinges on top & 3 pins on bottom with an overcenter locking mechanism on the handle for the pins. This door had 2 hinges installed. Only 2 pins were found operational & there was no operable overcenter locking mechanism.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5BA
- Reported as
- Beech G18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA 614
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Bo-S-Aire
- Registered owner
- Shirley Bowman
- Departed
- Louisville, KY
- Destination
- Hayden, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,500 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 5,500 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 86 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5BA · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.