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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Air DA 42 · Wellington, FL · October 22, 2010

Date
October 22, 2010 · 06:17 local
Place
Wellington, FL
Airport
Palm Beach
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N42T
Reported as
Diamond Air DA 42
Reported engine
Thielert TAE-125-02-99
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,038 total365 in this make and model10 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.

At approx. 0617 EST an incident at Palm Beach international airport occurred involving an aircraft, Diamond da 42, N42T. During takeoff run, pilot heard a popping sound, and aborted takeoff. After exiting the aircraft pilot noticed that left side door was missing. Pilot states that door flew over the aircraft airframe cuasing minor damage to the right rear nacelle.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROX. 0617 EST AN INCIDENT AT PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OCCURRED INVOLVING AN AIRCRAFT, DIAMOND DA 42, N42T. DURING TAKEOFF RUN, PILOT HEARD A POPPING SOUND, AND ABORTED TAKEOFF. AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT PILOT NOTICED THAT LEFT SIDE DOOR WAS MISSING.PILOT STATES THAT DOOR FLEW OVER THE AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME CUASING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT REAR NACELLE.