# Incident 20180517015019I: Diamond DA-42 NG, Palm Coast, FL, May 17, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2018, 09:35 local time
- Place: Palm Coast, FL
- Airport: Flagler Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NX4S
- Location: 29.4652° N, 81.2076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLAGLER EXEC (FIN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4652&lon=-81.2076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N306ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N306ER) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 NG (registry code 2990105, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42-ng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Austro E4 series (registry code 06400, https://openairdocs.org/engine/austro-e4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND DA-42 NG
- Reported engine: AUSTRO ENGINE MGBH E4-C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 574 total, 127 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180517015019I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 17, 2018, AIRCRAFT N306ER DEPARTED DAB DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 25R AT APPROXIMATELY 0930E 10 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT AT 3000 FEET BETWEEN 100 AND 150 KNOTS. STUDENT PILOT HAD CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND BEGAN THE DESCENT CHECKLIST AS THEY APPROACHED THE FLAGLER EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. KFIN. STUDENT PILOT NOTED DOOR OPEN ANNUNCIATOR ON G1000 DISPLAY AND ALERTED PILOT FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OF OPEN DOOR ANNUNCIATOR.  PILOT FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR NOTED REAR DOOR OPEN, HE THEN INSTRUCTED STUDENT TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT, AND ATTEMPTED TO SECURE DOOR, HE WAS UNABLE TO SECURE THE DOOR, INSTRUCTED STUDENT PILOT TO REDUCE SPEED BELOW 100 KNOTS, AND AGAIN ATTEMPTED TO SECURE DOOR. SUBSEQUENTLY, JUST BEFORE HE COULD GRAB THE HANDLE THE DOOR DEPARTED AIRCRAFT.   HE IMMEDIATELY TOOK CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND LANDED AT FLAGLER AIRPORT KFIN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. HE SAID THAT HE DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY BUT HE REQUESTED TO LAND AT FLAGLER EXECUTIVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WHERE THE CREW SHUT DOWN AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES TO CREWMEMBERS.

PILOTS STATED WHEN THE DOOR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING OVER A HEAVILY WOODED AREA AND HAS NOT YET BEEN LOCATED.

FAA INSPECTORS ARRIVED AND NOTED AFT ATTACH POINT HAD BEEN REMOVED AND FRONT PIN REMOVED TO ATTACH TEMPORARY DOOR DUE TO WEATHER.

## Other reports on N306ER (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20230331005089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230331005089A), Mar 31, 2023: Diamond Aircraft Ind Gmbh DA 42 NG (N306ER), Leesburg, FL, Substantial damage. Instructor/pic: my student and I were on an instructional flight at Leesburg, FL airport (klee) on Friday March 31, 2023 at 1648 local time on N306ER, and were…

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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