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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 · Ft Lauderdale, FL · February 26, 2013

Date
February 26, 2013 · 12:20 local
Place
Ft Lauderdale, FL
Airport
Ft Lauderdale Executive
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N424AM
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42
Reported engine
AUSTRO E4
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
65 total59 in this make and model

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.

On 2-26-2013 at 1720Z N425AM departed runway 13 at Ft Lauderdale (fxe). On climb out pilots reported losing lt rear door. Airport security found door on the runway. The pilots then returned to airport and landed without incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON 2-26-2013 AT 1720Z N425AM DEPARTED RUNWAY 13 AT FT LAUDERDALE (FXE). ON CLIMB OUT PILOTS REPORTED LOSING LT REAR DOOR. AIRPORT SECURITY FOUND DOOR ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOTS THEN RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.