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| Date: | Sunday 6 April 1997 |
| Time: | 13:48 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 1900D |
| Owner/operator: | Mesa Airlines |
| Registration: | N75ZV |
| MSN: | UE-75 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Engine model: | P&W PT6A-67D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Portland, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | (KPDX) |
| Yakima, WA (KYKM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The ramp agent handling the flight, who is required by company procedures to check doors secured during a pre-departure check, stated, '...upon my releasing them to taxi I did not notice anything different, all doors were closed.' The captain reported that as the gear was brought up on takeoff, the flightcrew heard a 'loud wind noise.' He stated that they had no indications of anything wrong on the annunciator panel (which contains a red CARGO DOOR warning light to indicate that the cargo door is open or not secure.) He reported that they then looked in the back of the aircraft, and the passengers told them that the cargo door had come open. The crew then returned to land. An inventory of the cargo compartment contents after landing revealed that no baggage had been lost. During postaccident examination of the aircraft, the aft cargo door locking handle was observed in the unlocked position as the door was swung down, and visual inspection of the aft cargo door locks, switches, and annunciator cargo door warning systems found no discrepancies with the aft cargo door or its indicating/warning system.
Probable Cause: the flightcrew's inadequate preflight, and the ramp agent's inadequate dispatch of the aircraft. The unsecured cargo door was a factor.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA97LA085
History of this aircraft
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| 21 January 1997 | N75ZV | Mesa Airlines | 0 | Seattle, WA | |
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| 12-Mar-2024 18:32 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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