Piper PA-31 N7697L

25 September 1979 · Morristown, New Jersey, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 September 1979 at about 21:10 local time, a Piper PA-31 registered N7697L, operated by Colgan Airways, was involved in an incident during in flight near Morristown, New Jersey, United States. 8 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 September 1979 at 21:10
Classification: Incident
Location: Morristown, New Jersey, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-31
Registration: N7697L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Colgan Airways
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Washington, Dc → S
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 5-0054

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
8	0	0	0	8

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PAX DOOR OPENED DRG FLT.FOUND WORN HINGE.LARGE PAX WAS SEATED NEXT TO DOOR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 5-0054, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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