# Incident 20121103024869I: Del Rio Arnold Lira LANCAIR PROPJET, Grain Valley, MO, November 3, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2012, 08:34 local time
- Place: Grain Valley, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0152° N, 94.2138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grain Valley, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0152&lon=-94.2138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3644Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3644Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Del Rio Arnold Lira LANCAIR PROPJET (registry code 05619PH, https://openairdocs.org/model/del-rio-arnold-lira-lancair-propjet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Walter M601 series (registry code 64003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/walter-m601-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEL RIO ARNOLD LIRA LANCAIR PROPJET
- Reported engine: WALTER M601 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,212 total, 52 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121103024869I

## Narrative

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

THIS AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CHARLES B. WHEELER DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (MKC) AT APPROXIMATELY 0815 LOCAL TIME. WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 12,000 FT MSL, THE CABIN ENTRY DOOR CAME OPEN AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED TO RETURN TO MKC, WHERE HE LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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