Incident · 1997-02-13
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-02-13
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Boeing 727-232 (N416DA)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
failure of ground service personnel to properly close the aft cargo door before the airplane departed.
Source: NTSB case ATL97IA042Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.