- Date
- October 17, 1983, 10:36 local (14:36 UTC)
- Place
- Washington, DC
- Injuries
- 49 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2111JBritish 1-11/204/AF
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6342
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Analysis
On initial climb but the foward right galley service door blew open for undetermined reasons. The acft returned and landed without further incident. The door warning light did not come on.
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.
Miscellaneous/other
Door,entrance stair - openFactor
Warning system(other) - failure,partialFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2111J
- Reported as
- British 1-11/204/AF (1-11/204/A)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 029
- Airframe hours
- 44,323
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce SPEY 506-14C, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Usair, doing business as U.S. Air
- Registered owner
- Usair
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Destination
- POV · Providence, RI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DCA · Washington Int'L, runway 33, 5,212 × 200 ft, asphalt
N2111JRegistration cancelled Feb 7, 2013 · British BAC 1-11 204/AFAirframe modelBritish BAC 1-11 204/AFEngine modelRolls-Royce SPEY-506-14
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17,100 total · 4,700 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Observed at
- DCA, 3 nm away
Other investigations on N2111J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.