# Incident 20040918023129I: Diamon DA40, Hartselle, AL, September 18, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2004, 14:40 local time
- Place: Hartselle, AL
- Airport: Rountree Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4404° N, 86.9404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hartselle, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4404&lon=-86.9404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N771DS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N771DS-2008-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (registry code 2990002, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-M1A+ (registry code 41869, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-m1a-plus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMON DA40
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 70 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040918023129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) "DOOR UNSAFE" INDICATOR ILLUMINATED IN CLIMB OUT. WHEN PILOT REACHED TO CHECK DOOR LATCH, DOOR ASSEMBLY DEPARTED 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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