# Accident 20070919824219A: Ortizg RV10, Kennesaw, GA, September 19, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2007, 08:45 local time
- Place: Kennesaw, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8708° N, 84.7264° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8708&lon=-84.7264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N416EC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N416EC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ortiz G/Saint J RV-10 (registry code 056216C, https://openairdocs.org/model/ortiz-g-saint-j-rv-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Mattituck TMX-540 (registry code 59604, https://openairdocs.org/engine/mattituck-tmx-540) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ORTIZG RV10
- Reported engine: TELMAT TMX540
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 420 total, 270 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA237) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070919824219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 A RV-10, N416EC FLYING FROM KRYY TO KDHN FLYING AT 145 KNOTS AT 4500FT. CRUISE, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER DOOR WAS VIBRATING. THE PILOT REACHED FOR THE DOOR HANDLE AND THE DOOR CAME OPEN AN INCH OR TWO. THE PILOT KEPT A GRIP ON THE DOOR FOR A SECOND OR TWO BEFORE THE DOOR WAS RIPPED FROM HIS HAND. THE DOOR FLEW OPEN AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT DISENGAGED THE AUTOPILOT, PULLED THE THROTTLE 1/2 OUT TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT AND CALLED THE TOWER AT KRYY TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. THE PILOT MADE A SLOW TURN BACK TO KRYY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND DISCOVERED THAT THE DOOR HAD STRUCK AND DENTED THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING DOOR HAS NOT RECOVERED IT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC07LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA237), Sep 19, 2007: Ortiz G/Saint J RV-10 (N416EC), Hiram, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Separation of the passenger cabin door during cruise flight for undetermined reasons.

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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