# Incident 20160817013259I: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, San Angelo, TX, August 17, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2016, 13:00 local time
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: K17S
- Location: 31.4638° N, 100.4370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Angelo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4638&lon=-100.4370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6003P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6003P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 250 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/20160817013259I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 17, 2016, AT 1300 CDT, A CESSNA 162 SKYCATCHER, AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N6003P, REGISTERED TO THE PRIVATE OWNER, EXPERIENCED AN UN-COMMANDED OPENING OF THE PILOT DOOR. THE DOOR CRACKED IN HALF AND FOLDED BACK AGAINST THE FUSELAGE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT NEAR MATHIS FIELD AT SAN ANGELO, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT BY SKYLINE AVIATION.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE STUDENT PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MATHIS FIELD IN SAN ANGELO, TX ON AUGUST 17, 2016 AT 1445 CDT.

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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