# Incident 20131017019729I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 42, Palm Coast, FL, October 17, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2013, 16:20 local time
- Place: Palm Coast, FL
- Airport: Flagler County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 29.5850° N, 81.2078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palm Coast, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5850&lon=-81.2078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1ER (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 42
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-MIA+
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 65 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131017019729I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 17, 2013 AT APPROX 1620 (LOCAL TIME) A DIAMOND DA-42 N1ER REGISTERED TO AVN AIR LLC AND USED FOR FLIGHT INSTRUCTION BY EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY FLIGHT SCHOOL (NX4S) CHECKED IN WITH FLAGLER COUNTY AIRPORT (XFL) ATCT STATING THAT THEY HAD LOST THEIR REAR DOOR, N1ER SUBSEQUENTLY WAS CLEARED TO LAND AND LANDED SAFELY ON RUNWAY 11 AT XFL, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DUE TO LOSS OF DOOR, (NO DAMAGE TO AIRFRAME ITSELF) NEITHER THE CFI OR STUDENT SUBSTAINED INJURIES.

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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