35.1960° N, 106.5756° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Coronado Airport, closed, within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 11, 1997 · 13:00 local
Place
Albuquerque, NM
Airport
Coronado Airport
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N23ZA
Reported as
Amtrlt Zenith
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,630 total40 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: after departure the right door was apparently not properly latched and the door came open. The door was torn off and the pilot returned to runway 17 (had departed 35). Inspection of the door latch indicated error in the closing and latching procedure.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: AFTER DEPARTURE THE RIGHT DOOR WAS APPARENTLY NOT PROPERLY LATCHED AND THE DOOR CAME OPEN. THE DOOR WAS TORN OFF AND THE PILOT RETURNED TO RUNWAY 17 (HAD DEPARTED 35). INSPECTION OF THE DOOR LATCH INDICATED ERROR IN THE CLOSING AND LATCHING PROCEDURE.