# Incident 20120902019949I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 42, Naples, FL, September 2, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2012, 10:15 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1524° N, 81.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPLES MUNI (APF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N160TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N160TS-2015-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 (registry code 2990104, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Thielert TAE-125-01 (registry code 59300, https://openairdocs.org/engine/thielert-tae-125-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 42
- Reported engine: THIELERT TAE-125-01
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 200 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/20120902019949I

## Narrative

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

ON 9-2-2012 PILOT TOOK OFF FROM NAPLES AIRPORT, FLORIDA (APF)  RUNWAY 5 IN DIAMOND DA 42 N160TS. NO WEATHER CONDITIONS.  AFTER TAKE OFF NOSE DOOR POPPED OPEN.  CAN OF DEICING FLUID FLEW OUT AND HIT RIGHT PROPELLER CAUSING DAMAGE TO PROP.  AIRCRAFT CIRCLED BACK AND LANDED ON RWY 5.  AT NO TIME WAS EMERGENCY DECLARED BY PILOT OR TOWER.  PROP WAS RUNNING UPON LANDING OF AIRCRAFT.  PILOT FOUND CARPET BETWEEN DOOR LOCK AND DOOR.  IT APPEARS DOOR WAS NOT SECURED PROPERLY.

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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