# Incident 20040923024549I: Beech 35C33, Estherville, IA, September 23, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2004, 15:00 local time
- Place: Estherville, IA
- Airport: Estherville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4075° N, 94.7464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESTHERVILLE MUNI (EST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4075&lon=-94.7464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5819K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5819K-2021-01-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33 (registry code 1151408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35C33
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 212 total, 7 in this make and model, 98 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040923024549I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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