ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285373
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| Date: | Wednesday 31 December 2008 |
| Time: | 10:40 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 207A |
| Owner/operator: | Alaska Juneau Aeronautics Inc. |
| Registration: | N39AK |
| MSN: | 20700597 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 26106 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hoonah, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Juneau International Airport, AK (JNU/PAJN) |
| Hoonah Airport, AK (HNH/PAOH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial pilot departed on a VFR commuter flight when about 10 minutes after takeoff the aft cargo door opened. The door, which is hinged to open in a rearward direction, struck the right side of the fuselage, producing structural damage to the fuselage and door. The flight continued to its destination and landed without incident. No cargo or mail was lost during the event. According to the airplane's information manual, the forward cargo door is opened first. The aft door can then be opened by grasping the red handle on the forward edge of the door, and pulling downward to release its locking pawls. The cargo doors may be locked from the inside or outside, and the airplane manual states that "Both doors must be securely closed and the forward door locked prior to flight..." During a telephone conversation with the NTSB Investigator-In-Charge, the director of maintenance for the operator reported that during his postaccident inspection of the airplane, he did not detect any malfunction of the cargo door latch mechanism.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to ensure that the aft cargo door was properly latched and locked prior to departure, which resulted in an in-flight opening of the aft cargo door and subsequent damage to the airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC09LA017
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 July 2005 | N39AK | Wings Of Alaska | 0 | Excursion Inlet, Alaska | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Oct-2022 08:52 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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