# Incident 20051116028339I: Cessna 310R, Phoenix, AZ, November 16, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2005, 15:35 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N821BT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N821BT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 605 total, 158 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051116028339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED DVT ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. WHILE WAITING FOR DEPARTURE RELEASE FROM ATC THE ENTRANCE DOOR WAS OPENED FOR SOME FRESH AIR. WHEN RELEASED FOR TAKEOFF THE DOOR WAS CLOSED AND PRESUMED LOCKED PROPERLY. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE THE DOOR POPPED OPEN. THE PASSENGER NEXT TO THE DOOR WAS VERY EXCITED AND THE PILOT COULD NOT GET THE DOOR CLOSED AND WAS VERY BUSY WITH ATC WHILE TRYING TO FLY THE IFR DEPARTURE PROCEDURE. THE PILOT NOTIFIED ATC THAT HE NEEDED AN IMMEDIATE LANDING BACK TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. HE STATED THAT WITH THE PASSENGER BEING EXTREMELY EXCITED HE WAS SOMEWHAT DISTRACTED. HE WAS AT GROSS WEIGHT AND DECIDED TO FLY A LITTLE FASTER ON FINAL APPROACH, NOT BEING SURE WHAT THE PERFORMANCE ISSUES INVOLVED WITH THE OPEN DOOR. HE TOUCHED DOWN A LITTLE FAST AND DID NOT APPLY HEAVY BRAKING, TRYING NOT TO LOCK UP THE TIRES. HE UNDERESTIMATED HIS AIRCRAFT STOPPING ABILITY AND RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO HIS 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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