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FAA incident report · Warnerlivp · St Petersburg-, FL · September 11, 2005

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Date
September 11, 2005 · 16:12 local
Place
St Petersburg-, FL
Airport
St Petersburg-Clearwater International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N456A
Reported as
Warnerlivp
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,144 total410 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days
N456ARegistered now · Warner Aerocraft L- IVPS/N LIV-400 · Built 2001Airframe modelWarner Aerocraft L- IVPEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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(-23) On 9/11/05 at 1612 EDT, an experimental amateur-built aircraft, a warner l-ivp, N456A, registered to air & shore LLC, sustained the in-flight loss of the cabin door during take-off from st. Petersburg-Clearwater intl. Airport (pie), Clearwater, Florida, while on a part 91 personal flight with an intended destination of savannah, Georgia (sav) visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the door and the right flap but returned to pie and landed without further incident. The commercial pilot was not injured and no passengers were on board. The aircraft had departed sav mid-afternoon for pie, and after dropping off his passenger, the pilot took off for the return flight to sav. The pilot noticed a small breeze on his left arm after rotation and saw the door ajar and the latch not completely secured. The aircraft is pressurized and has an inflatable door seal. He reached to turn off the door seal and the door departed the aircraft. He circled to a left downwind runway 35R and landed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 9/11/05 AT 1612 EDT, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT, A WARNER L-IVP, N456A, REGISTERED TO AIR & SHORE LLC, SUSTAINED THE IN-FLIGHT LOSS OF THE CABIN DOOR DURING TAKE-OFF FROM ST. PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER INTL. AIRPORT (PIE), CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA (SAV) VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE DOOR AND THE RIGHT FLAP BUT RETURNED TO PIE AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND NO PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED SAV MID-AFTERNOON FOR PIE, AND AFTER DROPPING OFF HIS PASSENGER, THE PILOT TOOK OFF FOR THE RETURN FLIGHT TO SAV. THE PILOT NOTICED A SMALL BREEZE ON HIS LEFT ARM AFTER ROTATION AND SAW THE DOOR AJAR AND THE LATCH NOT COMPLETELY SECURED. THE AIRCRAFT IS PRESSURIZED AND HAS AN INFLATABLE DOOR SEAL. HE REACHED TO TURN OFF THE DOOR SEAL AND THE DOOR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. HE CIRCLED TO A LEFT DOWNWIND RUNWAY 35R AND LANDED.