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| Date: | Monday 22 April 2002 |
| Time: | 18:25 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 200 Super King Air |
| Owner/operator: | Flying Dollar Air Inc |
| Registration: | N26SJ |
| MSN: | BB-592 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6352 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PT6A-41 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Hillsdale, WI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | St. Paul Downtown Airport, MN (STP/KSTP) |
| Appleton-Outagamie County Airport, WI (ATW/KATW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The on-demand passenger flight was cruising at flight level 190 when the passenger/crew door separated from the airframe. Visual meteorological conditions with no reported turbulence prevailed at the time of the incident. The door was recovered in the locked position. Examination of the door revealed a fatigue fracture of the upper aft latch bolt. There were no indications of damage to the door frame and latch plates.
Probable Cause: The fatigue failure of the passenger/crew door latch pin during cruise flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI02IA116
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 June 2004 | N432FA | Frontline Aviation | 0 | Green Bay-Austin-Straubel Field, WI (GRB) | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 25-Mar-2024 10:47 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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