# Incident 20240929012389I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Gmbh DA 42 NG, Myrtle Beach, SC, September 29, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2024, 11:35 local time
- Place: Myrtle Beach, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 1L7S
- Location: 33.7104° N, 78.8860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Myrtle Beach, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7104&lon=-78.8860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N882L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N882L) (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-C (registry code 06403, https://openairdocs.org/engine/austro-e4-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND GMBH DA 42 NG
- Reported engine: AUSTRO E4-C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240929012389I

## Narrative

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

UPON CONDUCTING A COMMERCIAL MULT-ENGINE LESSON IN 882L, A REAR DOOR SEPARATION OCCURRED. PRIOR TO STARTUP, THE REAR DOOR WAS CLOSED AND LATCHED AND CONFIRMED BY BOTH PILOTS. ANNUNCIATIONS WERE CHECKED PRIOR TO TAKEOFF WITH NO "DOOR OPEN" ANNUNCIATION NOTED. TAKEOFF WAS NORMAL WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED. UPON REACHING CRUISE FLIGHT AT 2500FT AND ACCELERATING TO CRUISE SPEED, IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND OF AIRFLOW OCCURRING. INSPECTION OF THE REAR DOOR REVEALED THAT IT WAS PARTIALLY OPENED. THE CFI ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR, HOWEVER UPON TOUCHING THE DOOR IT OPENED AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME AS A RESULT OF DOOR SEPARATION WAS FELT, AND FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE NOT COMPROMISED IN ANY WAY. A PAN PAN DECLARATION WAS MADE, AND THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO KMYR WITHOUT FURTHUR INCIDENT. THE DOOR SEPARATION OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES TO THE SOUTH EAST OF KMYR, AND APPROXIMATELY 0.5-1.0 NM OFF SHORE OVER THE OCEAN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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