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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Camarillo, CA · July 28, 2007

Date: July 28, 2007 · 12:45 local
Place: Camarillo, CA
Airport: Camarillo
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2429K
Reported as: Piper PA38112
Reported engine: Lycoming O235*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 905 total850 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N2429KRegistered now · Piper PA-38-112S/N 38-79A0627 · Built 1979 Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

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

(-23) The pilot did not properly secure the right side door prior to takeoff from santa monica enroute to watsonville. The door popped open after leveling off at cruise altitude. The pilot elected to land at Camarillo to secure the door. Upon slowing down for landing, the door opened wider, causing charts and papers to blow around inside the airplane. The pilot was attempting to hold the door closed while landing, landed short on the over run of runway 26 and subsequently struck a barrier at the threshold, causing the right main gear to break off.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT DID NOT PROPERLY SECURE THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR PRIOR TO TAKEOFF FROM SANTA MONICA ENROUTE TO WATSONVILLE. THE DOOR POPPED OPEN AFTER LEVELING OFF AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AT CAMARILLO TO SECURE THE DOOR. UPON SLOWING DOWN FOR LANDING, THE DOOR OPENED WIDER, CAUSING CHARTS AND PAPERS TO BLOW AROUND INSIDE THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOLD THE DOOR CLOSED WHILE LANDING, LANDED SHORT ON THE OVER RUN OF RUNWAY 26 AND SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK A BARRIER AT THE THRESHOLD, CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO BREAK OFF.