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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cndair CL-600-2A12 · Grand Junction, CO · March 24, 2008

Date
March 24, 2008 · 15:52 local
Place
Grand Junction, CO
Airport
Grand Junction Regional
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N213TS
Reported as
Cndair CL6002A12
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
19,800 total506 in this make and model152 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) After take-off from kgjt the aircraft turned to its crosswind and at approximately 2000 feet above ground level (AGL) the pilots heard a loud bang. The captain looked and saw that the main cabin door was missing. They turned the aircraft around and landed without further incident. The engine did ingest some of the door, and was limited to some of the blades that were according to the west star aviation were able to be blended. The main entry door was destroyed, lower VHF communication antenna destroyed, lower water drain mast destroyed, right wing/root fairing damaged but repairable, right wing/root fairing support structure twisted but repairable and the skin section under the door hinge dented and gouged but also repairable (all the damage was indicated by privacy data omitted at west star aviation). The NTSB classified this as an incident. As of this point there is no evidence that indicates that the pilots latched the door properly.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM KGJT THE AIRCRAFT TURNED TO ITS CROSSWIND AND AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL) THE PILOTS HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE CAPTAIN LOOKED AND SAW THAT THE MAIN CABIN DOOR WAS MISSING. THEY TURNED THE AIRCRAFT AROUND AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE ENGINE DID INGEST SOME OF THE DOOR, AND WAS LIMITED TO SOME OF THE BLADES THAT WERE ACCORDING TO THE WEST STAR AVIATION WERE ABLE TO BE BLENDED. THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR WAS DESTROYED, LOWER VHF COMMUNICATION ANTENNA DESTROYED, LOWER WATER DRAIN MAST DESTROYED, RIGHT WING/ROOT FAIRING DAMAGED BUT REPAIRABLE, RIGHT WING/ROOT FAIRING SUPPORT STRUCTURE TWISTED BUT REPAIRABLE AND THE SKIN SECTION UNDER THE DOOR HINGE DENTED AND GOUGED BUT ALSO REPAIRABLE (ALL THE DAMAGE WAS INDICATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT WEST STAR AVIATION). THE NTSB CLASSIFIED THIS AS AN INCIDENT. AS OF THIS POINT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT INDICATES THAT THE PILOTS LATCHED THE DOOR PROPERLY.