# Incident 20151010023409I: Stevens R W Sr GLASAIR III, Princeton, NJ, October 10, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2015, 13:15 local time
- Place: Princeton, NJ
- Airport: Princeton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3991° N, 74.6590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRINCETON (39N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3991&lon=-74.6590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N115PG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N115PG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stevens R W SR GLASAIR III (registry code 05615UT, https://openairdocs.org/model/stevens-r-w-sr-glasair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STEVENS R W SR GLASAIR III
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,761 total, 23 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151010023409I

## Narrative

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

PILOT CLOSED DOOR, RAN UP ENGINE. TAXIED TO END OF RUNWAY. WHEN ADVANCING THROTTLE FOR TAKEOFF, MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY BUMPED THE DOOR LATCH HANDLE, THUS UNLOCKING THE DOOR, WHICH BLEW OPEN AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT, CAUSING ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE DOOR HINGES AND DOOR FRAME. NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED ON THE GROUND.

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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