- Date
- July 4, 1986, 15:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Waycross, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 5 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N20EFSwearingen SA-26AT
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860704062999I
- Case key
- 7020
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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.
Analysis
The pax had received instructions by the plt on how to open the cabin door. The acft was shut down on the ramp and the pax attempted to open the cabin door. The latch was turned; the door began to fall open and the pax caught the door step channel at a hinge point. The pax finger was caught in the hinge and the tip of the third finger on the left hand was severed. The pax did not use the safety chain to support the door as it was opened as was demonstrated by the plt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20EF
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA-26AT
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 157
- Airframe hours
- 5,438
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE331-1-151G, 665 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert M. Brooks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 9, 1986 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- FZG · Fitzgerald, GA
- Destination
- AYS · Waycross, GA
- Airport
- AYS · Waycross-Ware Co.
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,883 total · 754 in this make and model · 7,731 as pilot in command · 66 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.