- Date
- September 25, 1979
- Place
- Morristown, NJ · MORRISTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7697LPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132899
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0054 79/9/25 MORRISTOWN,NJ PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2110 N7697L PX- 0 0 6 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 40, 11500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 120 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,DC MORRISTOWN,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY REMARKS- PAX DOOR OPENED DRG FLT.FOUND WORN HINGE.LARGE PAX WAS SEATED NEXT TO DOOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7697L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
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.
Other investigations on N7697L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.