# Incident 20000530017619I: Amtr VELOCITYXL, Santa Barbara, CA, May 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2000, 16:30 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4262° N, 119.8415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA BARBARA MUNI (SBA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4262&lon=-119.8415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N642JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N642JM-2011-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wright J R/Machado M VELOCITY XL RG (registry code 056064L, https://openairdocs.org/model/wright-j-r-machado-m-velocity-xl-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VELOCITYXL
- Pilot flight hours: 80 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000530017619I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 5/21/2000 1630 PDT N647JM A VELOCITY SL WAS ON CLIMB OUT WHEN THE LEFT CABIN DOOR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE DOOR LANDED IN A GRASS FIELD RESULTING IN NO GROUND DAMAGE.  THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT.  ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN TAXING WITH THE DOOR OPEN AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF USING A NEW CHECK LIST.  HE ALSO STATED THAT GROUND CONTROL HAD HIM TAXI DOWN THE ACTIVE RUNWAY.  ^PRIVACY DA^ FELT THAT WHILE RUNNING THE CHECK LIST AND WATCHING FOR TRAFFIC ON THE ACTIVE RUNWAY HE HAD NEGLECTED TO LATCH THE CABIN DOOR ALL THE WAY.  RESULTING IN THE DOOR BEING TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT ON CLIMB OUT.

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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