# Incident 20181026020879I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Gmbh DA 42, Prescott, AZ, October 26, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2018, 11:40 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A Love Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: BF8S
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N591ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N591ER) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 (registry code 2990004, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Austro E4 series (registry code 06400, https://openairdocs.org/engine/austro-e4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND GMBH DA 42
- Reported engine: AUSTRO E4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,475 total, 298 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181026020879I

## Narrative

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

ON 26 OCTOBER 2018 AT AROUND 1119 MST; 1819 ZULU TIME, AT DA-42 DIAMOND, N591ER ABORTED A DEPARTURE TAKEOFF AT ERNEST LOVE FIELD  (PRC) IN PRESCOTT, ARIZONA.  AS STATED BY THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT THE BEFORE TAKEOFF (FINAL ITEMS) CHECK LIST WAS PERFORMED AND NOTICED NO DOOR ANNUNCIATOR CAUTIONS OR LIGHTS.  THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT LOOKED BACK TO VISUALLY VERIFY THE REAR DOOR WAS CLOSED AND LATCHED.  DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, AROUND 45-50 KNOTS, THE REAR DOOR FLEW OFF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE CREW IMMEDIATELY ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND EXITED THE RUNWAY AT D4 AND RETURNED TO THE ERAU RAMP, AND SHUTDOWN THE AIRCRAFT.  A FOD CHECK WAS CONDUCTED BY AIRPORT OPS.  THE DOOR WAS RETRIEVED AND RETURNED TO ERAU.  AWAITING FURTHER ANALYSIS WITH COORDINATION WITH THE MANUFACTURER FOR THE ISSUE BEHIND THE DOOR LEAVING THE AIRCRAFT.  THE DA-42 FLEET WAS DOWNED BY ERAU AND INSPECTED FOR ANY DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM AND ANNUNCIATOR SWITCH RIGGING ISSUES AND A COUPLE LOOSE LATCHES AND SWITCHES WERE NOTED.  MAINTENANCE WAS CONDUCTED TO CORRECT ISSUES ON OTHER AIRCRAFT AND THE DAMAGED N591ER AWAITS AND REPAIR SOLUTION DUE TO THE DOOR BRACKETS ON THE TOP SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT DOOR OPENING HAVE BEEN DAMAGE THAT IS COMPOSITED INTO THE FUSELAGE.  AWAITING SPECIAL REPAIR ORDER FROM THE MANUFACTURER.  NO INJURIES TO PERSONNEL.

## Other reports on N591ER (1)

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

- [Incident 20170808016989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170808016989I), Aug 8, 2017: Diamond Aircraft Ind Gmbh DA 42 (N591ER), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. During short field takeoff roll at about 70-72 knots, just before the rotation speed of 76 knots there was an aural warning and a yellow ecu caution indication…

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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