# Incident 20000322003949I: Mooney M20R, Seattle, WA, March 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2000, 16:45 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing Field-King County International
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5300° N, 122.3019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOEING FLD/KING COUNTY INTL (BFI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5300&lon=-122.3019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21420 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000322003949I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT/OWNER RECENTLY PURCHASED AIRCRAFT. DURING TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 13L AT BFI, THE DOOR CAME OPEN.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF.  PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT OVER RUN ONTO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY, BUT RATHER ONTO THE OVER-RUN AT THE SOUTH END OF THE RUNWAY.  PILOT STATED THAT FOLLOWING MAINTENANCE INSPECTION AFTER INE INCIDENT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DOOR SEAL CAME LOOSE DUE TO INPROPER INSTALLATION, WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE TOP LATCH TO RELEASE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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