# Incident 20190530005459I: Piper AEROSTAR 600, Venice, FL, May 30, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2019, 09:30 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1170° N, 82.4152° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Venice, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1170&lon=-82.4152&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36387, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36387) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 7106001, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AEROSTAR 600
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190530005459I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 30, 2019, AT 1330 EST A 1981 PIPER, MODEL AEROSTAR-600, N36387 THAT IS REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED VENICE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT VENICE, FLORIDA ON A CFR PART 91 FLIGHT. THE PILOT WAS ON CLIMB-OUT AND THE UPPER HATCH DOOR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE DOOR DID NOT STRIKE THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE.  THE PILOT STATED THE DOOR SAFE CONDITION INDICATOR WAS IN THE SAFE CONDITION PRIOR TO TAKE OFF BUT THE INDICATOR THEN MOVED TO THE UNSAFE CONDITION WHILE ON CLIMB-OUT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RELATCH THE D-HANDLE ON THE DOOR BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE DOOR OPENED AND BLEW OFF THE AIRCRAFT.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL COULD NOT FIND A DEFECT WITH THE AIRCRAFT DOOR ATTACH POINTS AND THE DOOR ITSELF WAS NEVER RECOVERED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURIED.

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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