# NTSB Accident ANC08MA038
> **PIPER PA-31-350** · 2008-01-05 · Kodiak, AK, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC08MA038
- **Event ID:** 20080116X00063
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2008-01-05
- **Location:** Kodiak, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 57.750556, -152.468612
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 6
- **Serious:** 3
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 10
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-31-350
- **Registration:** N509FN
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The failure of company maintenance personnel to ensure that the airplane's nose baggage door latching mechanism was properly configured and maintained, resulting in an inadvertent opening of the nose baggage door in flight. Contributing to the accident were the lack of information and guidance available to the operator and pilot regarding procedures to follow should a baggage door open in flight and an inadvertent aerodynamic stall.

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