- Date
- April 6, 1977
- Place
- Brookhaven, NY · BROOKHAVEN, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N23UTBeech 65-90
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 157803
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0002 77/4/6 NR.BROOKHAVEN,NY BEECH 65-90 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1645 N23UT PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG 28, 4800 TOTAL HOURS, 650 DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTHAMPTON BEACH,NY FLUSHING,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED REMARKS- MAIN CABIN DOOR OPENED IN FLIGHT,DOOR HANDLE LOCK NOT PROPERLY SECURED PRIOR TO TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23UT
- Reported as
- Beech 65-90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage