# Incident 20140509006129I: Hoang Son Thia RV10, Van Nuys, CA, May 9, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2014, 09:50 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172KT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N172KT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hoang Son Thia RV10 (registry code 05622KN, https://openairdocs.org/model/hoang-son-thia-rv10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-D4A5 (registry code 41798, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-d4a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOANG SON THIA RV10
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-D4A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 60 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140509006129I

## Narrative

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

IIC SPOKE WITH PILOT. PILOT STATED THAT HE PROPERLY LATCHED DOOR BEFORE TAKEOFF. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, PILOT HEARD A BUFFETING NOISE, LOOKED DOWN, AND NOTICED THE PILOT DOOR WAS UNLATCHED. PILOT RADIOED VNY ATCT AND TURNED AROUND TO HEAD BACK TO VNY, VAN NUYS, CA, AND NOTICED THE DOOR WAS NO LONGER ON AIRCRAFT. PILOT REPORTED DOOR LANDED IN A FLOOD CONTROL BASIN 2 MILES SOUTH OF VNY AIRPORT.

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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