# Incident 20240327002379I: Michael Wirstrom VELOCITY 173RG ELITE, Roswell, NM, March 27, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2024, 15:15 local time
- Place: Roswell, NM
- Airport: Roswell Air Center
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2999° N, 104.5294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROSWELL AIR CENTER (ROW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2999&lon=-104.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66WW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66WW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Michael Wirstrom VELOCITY 173RG ELITE (registry code 056057J, https://openairdocs.org/model/michael-wirstrom-velocity-173rg-elite) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1A (registry code 41818, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MICHAEL WIRSTROM VELOCITY 173RG ELITE
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240327002379I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 27, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500, A VELOCITY 173RG ELITE AIRCRAFT, HAD ITS RIGHT-HAND PASSENGER DOOR DEPART THE AIRCRAFT DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AT THE ROSWELL AIR CENTER (ROW) IN ROSWELL NM.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ROW ON MARCH 27, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500.

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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