# Incident 20101022049869I: Diamond Air DA 42, Wellington, FL, October 22, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2010, 06:17 local time
- Place: Wellington, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6587° N, 80.2414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wellington, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6587&lon=-80.2414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 (registry code 2990104, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Thielert TAE-125-02-99 (registry code 59302, https://openairdocs.org/engine/thielert-tae-125-02-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIR DA 42
- Reported engine: THIELERT TAE 125-02-99
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,038 total, 365 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101022049869I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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