# Incident 20010918027469I: Cndair CL6001A11, Santa Ana, CA, September 18, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2001, 11:00 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50PA-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Canadair CL-600 CHALLENGER (registry code 1900302, https://openairdocs.org/model/canadair-cl-600-challenger) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6001A11
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010918027469I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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