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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Terry Butler/Vans RV-10 · Medford, OR · March 18, 2016

Date
March 18, 2016 · 12:00 local
Place
Medford, OR
Airport
Rogue Valley International - Medford
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1953S
Reported as
Terry Butler/Vans RV-10
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,744 total120 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot side cabin entrance door opened at takeoff rotation. The doorwas ripped from the hinges and landed on the ground at the approach end of runway 14. Pilot continued flight to prineville. Or (S39) and landed without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SIDE CABIN ENTRANCE DOOR OPENED AT TAKEOFF ROTATION. THE DOORWAS RIPPED FROM THE HINGES AND LANDED ON THE GROUND AT THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 14. PILOT CONTINUED FLIGHT TO PRINEVILLE. OR (S39) AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.