# Incident 20081107850509I: Diamon DA40, Santa Fe, NM, November 7, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2008, 16:28 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6171° N, 106.0894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA FE RGNL (SAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6171&lon=-106.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N661DS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N661DS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (registry code 2990002, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-M1A+ (registry code 41869, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-m1a-plus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMON DA40
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 927 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081107850509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 7, 2008 AT LOCAL TIME, N661DS, A DIAMOND AIRCRAFT DA-40 MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT SANTA FE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SAF) IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO AFTER THE AFT PASSENGER DOOR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 10,800' AGL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FLIGHT INSTRUCTION, AND WAS EN ROUTE FROM LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO TO ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF THE AIRCRAFT IS A CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, AND THE STUDENT IS THE HOLDER OF A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  NEITHER PILOT WAS INJURED IN THE EVENT.

## Other reports on N661DS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20120916020879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120916020879I), Sep 16, 2012: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40 (N661DS), El Monte, CA, Minor damage. CFI [privacy data omitted] was providing flight instruction to student pilot [privacy data omitted] (non-certificated) from El Monte Airport (EMT). The CFI…

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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