# Incident 20110328004469I: Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 WESTWIND ASTRA, San Juan, PR, March 28, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2011, 13:00 local time
- Place: San Juan, PR
- Airport: Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4568° N, 66.0985° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FERNANDO LUIS RIBAS DOMINICCI (SIG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4568&lon=-66.0985&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43MH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43MH-2013-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 WESTWIND ASTRA (registry code 4500305, https://openairdocs.org/model/israel-aircraft-industries-1125-westwind-astra) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES 1125 WESTWIND ASTRA
- Reported engine: GARRETT TFE 731 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110328004469I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 28, 201, A CALL WAS RECEIVED FROM THE PORTS AUTHORITY OF FERNANDO LUIS RIBAS DOMINICCI AIRPORT (SIG) INDICATING THAT AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N43MH, ASTRA 100, LANDED AT SIG AFTER DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WITHOUT THE CABIN DOOR. AN INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED TO THE FLIGHT CREW. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLIGHT CREW, AIRCRAFT N43MH DEPARTED FROM LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (TJSJ) ENROUTE TO PUNTA CANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (MDPC). THEY INDICATED THAT THE DOOR WAS CLOSED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. UPON DEPARTING FROM TJSJ THEY TURNED TO A HEADING OF 350 DEGREES AND WERE CLIMBING TO 13,000 FEET. WHEN PASSING 6,000 FEET THE CABIN DOOR INDICATION LIGHT WENT ON, AND SUDDENLY THE DOOR RIPPED OFF. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO PRESSURIZATION PROBLEMS AND REQUESTED TO LAND AT SIG. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE MAIN DOOR LATCHES RECEPTACLES SHOWS NO SIGNED OF DAMAGE, THE DOOR BECAME OPEN, RIPPED OFF FROM THE HINGES BY THE WIND FORCE IMPACTING THE INNER LEADING PORTION OF THE LEFT WING, SOME DEBRIS FROM THE DOOR SOUND PROOFING WERE INJECTED THRU THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE AND SOME DENTS WERE FOUND UNDERNEATH AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE. THE DOOR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE OCEAN AND WAS NOT RECOVERED. THE AIRCRAFTS RECORDS FOR AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N43MH WERE REVIEWED. THE AIRCRAFT TOTAL TIME ON MARCH 28, 2011 WAS 6,281.4 HOURS AND 4,675 LANDINGS. ON AUGUST 18, 2010, AT 6,129.6 HOURS A 250 HOURS (A) AND 500 HOURS (B) INSPECTIONS WERE COMPLETED. LAST INSPECTION PERFORMED WAS A 150 HOURS THAT WAS COMPLETED ON MARCH 11, 2011 AT 6,271.7 HOURS. AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE (AD) 2010-11-02, CONCERNING CABIN DOOR ISSUE BECAME EFFECTIVE ON JUNE 25, 2010 ON THAT DATE THE AIRCRAFT TOTAL TIME WAS 6,123.6 HOURS. AD 2010-11-02 REQUIRES THE MODIFICATION OF THE CABIN DOOR WARNING LIGHT AT 250 HOURS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AD. AT THE MOMENT THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED THE AD COMPLIANCE INTERVAL HAVE NOT EXCEEDED ON AIRCRAFT N43MH. GULFSTREAM FIELD SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AND SERVICE ENGINEERING WERE ON-SITE EVALUATING THE AIRCRAFT.

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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