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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cndair CL6001A11 · Santa Ana, CA · September 18, 2001

Date: September 18, 2001 · 11:00 local
Place: Santa Ana, CA
Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N50PA
Reported as: Cndair CL6001A11
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0

N50PARegistration cancelled Jan 23, 2018 · Canadair CL-600 CHALLENGERS/N 1004 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCanadair CL-600 CHALLENGER Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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.

(-23) On September 18, 2001, at approximately 1100, shortly after take-off from John Wayne airport, Santa Ana, California, a Bombardier challenger CL-600, N50PA, declared an emergency due to the aircraft main entry door opening in flight. The aircraft returned to John Wayne and landed safely with the entry door still attached and fully open. There were no injuries and only minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100, SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, A BOMBARDIER CHALLENGER CL-600, N50PA, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT MAIN ENTRY DOOR OPENING IN FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO JOHN WAYNE AND LANDED SAFELY WITH THE ENTRY DOOR STILL ATTACHED AND FULLY OPEN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.