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A C206 in cruise when power reduced for descent experienced the aft cargo door open and strike the fuselage incurring aircraft damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 371952 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199706 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : scc |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3500 msl bound upper : 3500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Stationair/Turbo Stationair 6 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 371952 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe inflight encounter other non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Rear cargo door opened and struck side of aircraft. The door was closed by agent with pilot observing. I locked the adjoining door with key and observed positive lock. When power was reduced to begin descent, the door opened causing damage to side of aircraft. The latch for the rear door must not have been properly secured. Best recommendation is that PIC close and latch doors.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C206 IN CRUISE WHEN PWR REDUCED FOR DSCNT EXPERIENCED THE AFT CARGO DOOR OPEN AND STRIKE THE FUSELAGE INCURRING ACFT DAMAGE.
Narrative: REAR CARGO DOOR OPENED AND STRUCK SIDE OF ACFT. THE DOOR WAS CLOSED BY AGENT WITH PLT OBSERVING. I LOCKED THE ADJOINING DOOR WITH KEY AND OBSERVED POSITIVE LOCK. WHEN PWR WAS REDUCED TO BEGIN DSCNT, THE DOOR OPENED CAUSING DAMAGE TO SIDE OF ACFT. THE LATCH FOR THE REAR DOOR MUST NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY SECURED. BEST RECOMMENDATION IS THAT PIC CLOSE AND LATCH DOORS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.