# Accident 20100802040859A: Advertising VELOCITY SU, San Diego, CA, August 2, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2010, 12:45 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8139° N, 117.0894° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8139&lon=-117.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444YP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444YP-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Advertising Mgmt & Consulting VELOCITY SUPER XLRG5 (registry code 05621YF, https://openairdocs.org/model/advertising-mgmt-consulting-velocity-super-xlrg5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ADVERTISING VELOCITY SU
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA381) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100802040859A

## Narrative

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

N444YP  A VELOCITY AMATURE BUILT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MONTGOMERY FIELD SAN DIEGO, CA. (MYF) ENROUTE TO FULLERTON CALIFORNIA AFTER TAKE-OFF THE PILOT REPORTED AN OPEN DOOR AND WAS RETURNING TO MYF. PILOT THEN MADE AN ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING ON ADMIRAL BAKER GOLF COURSE ON THE 11TH T-BOX, AIRCRAFT THEN ROLLED OVER AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANCIAL DAMAGE THERE WAS NO FIRE AND OCCUPANTS WERE EVACUATED. RIGHT MAIN CABIN DOOR WAS RECOVERED AT APPROX 1 MILE WEST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR10LA381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA381), Aug 2, 2010: Advertising Mgmt & Consulting Velocity Super XLRG5 (N444YP), San Diego, CA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot did not close and secure the right passenger door, which resulted in an in-flight separation of the door and subsequent loss of engine power due to the door’s collision with the…

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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