# Incident 20071003023229I: Librty LIBERTYXL2, Viera, FL, October 3, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2007, 10:15 local time
- Place: Viera, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2470° N, 80.7370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Viera, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2470&lon=-80.7370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N513XL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N513XL-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Liberty Aerospace LIBERTY XL-2 (registry code 5200000, https://openairdocs.org/model/liberty-aerospace-liberty-xl-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-240 series (registry code 17063, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LIBRTY LIBERTYXL2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 2 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071003023229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 3, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 AM, A LIBERTY XL-2 (N513XL), ON CLIMB OUT FROM MLB, PILOT DOOR DEPARTED AIRCRAFT. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT MLB WITHOUT INCIDENT. PILOT HAS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE. NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. PILOT STATED THE REAR DOOR PIN WAS NOT LATCHED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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