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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Liberty Aerospace LIBERTY XL-2 · Kapolei, HI · April 25, 2012

Date
April 25, 2012 · 13:00 local
Place
Kapolei, HI
Airport
Kalaeloa (John Rodgers Field)
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N861XL
Reported as
Liberty Aerospace Liberty XL-2
Reported engine
Continental IOF-240-B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
60 total4 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.

Door opened in flight. The non flying pilot closed the door. The door again opened in flight and the non flying pilot could not close the door. The pilot landed at jrf without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

DOOR OPENED IN FLIGHT. THE NON FLYING PILOT CLOSED THE DOOR. THE DOOR AGAIN OPENED IN FLIGHT AND THE NON FLYING PILOT COULD NOT CLOSE THE DOOR. THE PILOT LANDED AT JRF WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

Other reports on N861XL · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.