# Incident 20080324013229I: Cndair CL6002A12, Grand Junction, CO, March 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2008, 15:52 local time
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Airport: Grand Junction Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1215° N, 108.5255° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND JUNCTION RGNL (GJT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1215&lon=-108.5255&mi=10
- Aircraft: N213TS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N213TS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Canadair CL-600-2A12 (registry code 1900304, https://openairdocs.org/model/canadair-cl-600-2a12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002A12
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,800 total, 506 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080324013229I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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