# NTSB SEA92LA058: Cessna 207, N91056, Seattle, WA, January 9, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 9, 1992, 07:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Coordinates: 47.539653, -122.309852 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5397&lon=-122.3099&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 13, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41640
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA92LA058
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41640/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92LA058

## Probable cause

THE CARGO DOOR UNLATCHED FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, descent
  - door,cargo/baggage - unlatched (cause)
  - fuselage,bulkhead - distorted

## Analysis

THE REAR HALF OF THE AFT BAGGAGE DOOR OF THE CESSNA FREIGHTER OPENED DURING DESCENT AND SLAMMED AGAINST THE FUSELAGE SKIN AND DISTORTED A TAILCONE BULKHEAD.  THE REASON FOR THE INFLIGHT OPENING WAS UNDETERMINED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N91056](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91056-2017-09-26), registration cancelled 2017-09-26, S/N 20700043, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Registry model: [Cessna T207](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207) (registry code 2073612) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Richardson Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Richardson Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, January 2, 2000
- Departed: PDX, PORTLAND, OR
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,530 total, 35 in this make and model, 3,430 as pilot in command, 218 in the last 90 days, 68 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft overcast

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920109005069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920109005069A), Jan 9, 1992: Cessna 207, Seattle, WA, Substantial damage. Rear half baggage door opened on descent. Slammed fuselage. Distorted tailcone bulkhead. Cause undetermined.

## Other investigations on N91056 (1)

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.

- [NTSB ANC94LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC94LA078), Jul 9, 1994: Cessna T207 (N91056), Kenai, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR THE WIND CONDITIONS AND NOT ATTAINING THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT AT THE SUITABLE LANDING…

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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