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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr KIS · Concord, CA · March 30, 2001

Date: March 30, 2001 · 13:16 local
Place: Concord, CA
Airport: Buchanan Field
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N91321
Reported as: Amtr KIS
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 327 total60 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N91321Registration cancelled May 10, 2013 · Madden William T KISS/N 084 · Built 1998 Airframe modelMadden William T KIS Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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(-23) Concord airport (ccr) 03-30-01 13.19 hours: pilot reports that he had left his door open for ventilation and had forgotten to latch his door before departing runway 32R. Following departure at approx. 25 to 50 feet above the runway the pilot's door was torn from the a/c. the door fell to the runway and the pilot returned to the airport without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) CONCORD AIRPORT (CCR) 03-30-01 13.19 HOURS: PILOT REPORTS THAT HE HAD LEFT HIS DOOR OPEN FOR VENTILATION AND HAD FORGOTTEN TO LATCH HIS DOOR BEFORE DEPARTING RUNWAY 32R. FOLLOWING DEPARTURE AT APPROX. 25 TO 50 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY THE PILOT'S DOOR WAS TORN FROM THE A/C. THE DOOR FELL TO THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.