# Incident 20110218002339I: Cessna Airc 162, Phoenix, AZ, February 18, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2011, 14:45 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5204R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5204R-2022-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRC 162
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,327 total, 120 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110218002339I

## Narrative

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

ON 2/18/2011, CESSNA -162 N5204R, DURING FLIGHT FROM DVT TO SDL REPORTED THE PILOT DOOR DISENGAGING FROM THE AIRCRAFT DURING FLIGHT. THE PILOT REMAINED IN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND RETURNED TO DVT. THE DOOR FELL ON A BASKETBALL COURT AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON 2/25/2011, PERFORMED ONSITE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT, MAINTENANCE LOGS, AND PILOT CERTIFICATION. THE PILOT IS CERTIFICATED, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT WHEN THE DOOR DISENGAGED, IT PULLED OUT OF THE REAR DOOR LATCH (EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE BY LATCH) BUT HAD NO EVIDENCE OF PULLING OUT OF THE FRONT. THE DOOR NOT BEING LATCHED IN FRONT IS EVIDENCE THAT THE DOOR WAS NOT COMPLETELY CLOSED AND LATCHED PROPERLY. MAINTENANCE WAS COMPLETED ON 2/17/2011.  DURING THIS MAINTENANCE THE PILOT'S DOOR WAS REPLACED (PN 0911905-35 - INCLUDES SB10-52-01 PREINSTALLED), SB10-52-01 ON COPILOT DOOR. THE DOOR INSTALL WAS HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO NOT BE A CAUSE OF THE EVENT. THE CAUSE IS THAT THE PILOT DID NOT PROPERLY LATCH THE DOOR PRIOR TO FLIGHT.

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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