What was found
CREW DOOR TOP LATCH POPPED OPEN AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED TO BASE. DOOR WAS SECURED, SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS WERE OK.
- Difficulty date
- March 24, 2000
- Submitted
- April 1, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N700RD
- Make and model
- Piper PA31T3
- Aircraft serial
- 31T5575001
- Aircraft time
- 9,049 hours, 10,455 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5210 · Passenger/Crew Doors
- Part
- Door
- Condition
- Unsecure
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- TO
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.