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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Librty LIBERTY XL-2 · Lakeland, FL · April 30, 2008

Date
April 30, 2008 · 12:00 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Airport
Lakeland Linder Regional
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N558XL
Reported as
Librty LIBERTYXL2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
28 total23 in this make and model23 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) On takeoff after rotation the left entrance hatch/window popped open, the hinges failed and the complete door assembly departed the airplane. The pilot continued around the field and landed the airplane. The factory is doing the replacement of the door. There have been other failures of this type. Mido has been informed and they are following up on this.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON TAKEOFF AFTER ROTATION THE LEFT ENTRANCE HATCH/WINDOW POPPED OPEN, THE HINGES FAILED AND THE COMPLETE DOOR ASSEMBLY DEPARTED THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT CONTINUED AROUND THE FIELD AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE. THE FACTORY IS DOING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DOOR. THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER FAILURES OF THIS TYPE. MIDO HAS BEEN INFORMED AND THEY ARE FOLLOWING UP ON THIS.