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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35-C33 · Estherville, IA · September 23, 2004

Date: September 23, 2004 · 15:00 local
Place: Estherville, IA
Airport: Estherville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5819K
Reported as: Beech 35C33
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 212 total7 in this make and model98 in the last 90 days

N5819KRegistration cancelled Jan 15, 2021 · Beech 35-C33S/N CD-902 · Built 1965 Airframe modelBeech 35-C33 Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot was on a solo training flight for a commercial pilot certificate. Pilot is a student at Iowa lakes community college (DV8S). Pilot reported to the chief instructor that the cockpit/cabin door came open after first takeoff and she remained in the pattern and returned for landing while attempting to hold the door. Ms. Cho landed hard on the nose wheel causing damage to the wheel and strut. There was no damage to the propeller, firewall or wings.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS ON A SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT FOR A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. PILOT IS A STUDENT AT IOWA LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (DV8S). PILOT REPORTED TO THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR THAT THE COCKPIT/CABIN DOOR CAME OPEN AFTER FIRST TAKEOFF AND SHE REMAINED IN THE PATTERN AND RETURNED FOR LANDING WHILE ATTEMPTING TO HOLD THE DOOR. MS. CHO LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE WHEEL CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL AND STRUT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, FIREWALL OR WINGS.