# Incident 20050911023049I: WARNERLIVP, St Petersburg-, FL, September 11, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2005, 16:12 local time
- Place: St Petersburg-, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N456A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N456A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Warner Aerocraft L- IVP (registry code 05610AX, https://openairdocs.org/model/warner-aerocraft-l-ivp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WARNERLIVP
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,144 total, 410 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050911023049I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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