FAA incident report · Diamond Air DA 40 · Santa Ana, CA · February 26, 2011
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
During an instructional flight, while turning from base to final, the aft cabin access door departed the aircraft. The aircraft landed without further incident.
DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, WHILE TURNING FROM BASE TO FINAL, THE AFT CABIN ACCESS DOOR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.