# NTSB ATL86IA190: Swearingen SA-26AT, N20EF, Waycross, GA, July 4, 1986

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: July 4, 1986, 15:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place: Waycross, GA
- Coordinates: 31.209829, -82.350944 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2098&lon=-82.3509&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7020
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86IA190
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7020/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86IA190

## 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.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Miscellaneous/other, standing - engine(s) not operating
  - equipment,other - improper use of, passenger (cause)
  - acft/equip,inadequate design, manufacturer

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N20EF](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20EF-2013-08-13), registration cancelled 2013-08-13, S/N T26-157, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA-26AT
- Registry model: [Swearingen SA-26AT](https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa-26at) (registry code 8780112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [AiResearch 331 SER 605HP](https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-331-ser-605hp) (registry code 01502, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 157
- Airframe hours: 5438
- Engines: 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.

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19860704062999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860704062999I), Jul 4, 1986: Swrngn SA26AT, Waycross, GA. Passenger attempted to open air stair door after landing. Door fell outward. Severed fingertip in step channel.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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