# Incident 20120425006629I: Liberty Aerospace Incorporated LIBERTY XL-2, Kapolei, HI, April 25, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2012, 13:00 local time
- Place: Kapolei, HI
- Airport: Kalaeloa (John Rodgers Field)
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.3071° N, 158.0704° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KALAELOA (JOHN RODGERS FLD) (JRF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3071&lon=-158.0704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N861XL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N861XL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Liberty Aerospace LIBERTY XL-2 (registry code 5200000, https://openairdocs.org/model/liberty-aerospace-liberty-xl-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IOF-240-B (registry code 17168, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-iof-240-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LIBERTY AEROSPACE INCORPORATED LIBERTY XL-2
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IOF-240-B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 4 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/20120425006629I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20111208029679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111208029679I), Dec 8, 2011: Liberty Aerospace Incorporated LIBERTY XL-2 (N861XL), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. After completing a one hour training flight aircraft N861XL landed on runway 4L at hnl international airport. After one bounce on the runway 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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