# Incident 20101004048249I: Antonov AN-225, Charlotte, NC, October 4, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2010, 17:00 local time
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Location: 35.2271° N, 80.8431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlotte, NC, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2271&lon=-80.8431&mi=10
- Aircraft: UR8206 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ANTONOV AN-225
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101004048249I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/04/2010 AN ANTONOV AN-225, UR82060, FLIGHT ADB1744, ENROUTE TO BANGOR MAINE,  DEPAPRTED CLT AT APPROXIMATELY 17:00. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEADING  IN A NORTHLY DIRECTION  AND SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF DURING CLIMB OUT AN INBOARD MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED IN A FIELD APPROXIMALEY  1/2 MILE FROM A POPULATED SHOPPING CENTER. THE DOOR CAME TO REST AT 35 DEG 19' 41 N AND 80DEG 56' 7W. THE FOLLOWING PART NUMBERS WERE TAKEN FROM THE DOOR ASEMBLY: 1-4002.4805.153.315 KOO310, 1-4002.4805.154.4031/005, 1-4000.4016.050.003.  THE DOOR WAS RIPPED FROM THE HINGES AND A FRAYED CABLE WAS ATTACHED.  AN EYE WITNESS HAD SEEN THE DOOR DEPART THE AIRCRAFT. THE DOOR CAME TO REST IN THE FIELD HE MANAGES. PHOTOS OF THE DOOR WERE SENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL FIELD UNIT IN ALASKA.

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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