- Date
- October 6, 1978
- Place
- Lafayette, IN · LAFAYETTE, IN
- Injuries
- 19 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N781SSwearingen SA226
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781006031229I
- Case key
- 138166
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0029 78/10/6 LAFAYETTE,IN SWEARINGEN SA226 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2158 N781S PX- 0 0 17 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - PURDUE UNIVERSITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL LAFAYETTE,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES REMARKS- RIGHT NOSE BAGGAGE DOOR OPENED DURING TAXI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N781S
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA226
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Purdue University
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N781S · 1
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