# Doors - Type: NTSB finding section - Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft structures](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0103) › Doors - NTSB code: 010352 - Cases: 112 - In the probable cause: 100 - Fatal cases: 21 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010352/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010352/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010352 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 11 / 12 - 2009: 10 / 11 - 2010: 10 / 11 - 2011: 6 / 7 - 2012: 6 / 7 - 2013: 5 / 5 - 2014: 6 / 7 - 2015: 8 / 9 - 2016: 7 / 9 - 2017: 5 / 6 - 2018: 4 / 4 - 2019: 2 / 2 - 2020: 2 / 2 - 2021: 4 / 5 - 2022: 4 / 4 - 2023: 2 / 2 - 2024: 3 / 4 - 2025: 3 / 3 - 2026: 2 / 2 ## Findings - [Passenger/crew doors](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01035210): 86 cases, 79 in the probable cause - [Doors, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01035200): 9 cases, 7 in the probable cause - [Cargo/baggage doors](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01035230): 9 cases, 7 in the probable cause - [Service doors](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01035240): 5 cases, 5 in the probable cause - [Emergency exit](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01035220): 1 cases, 1 in the probable cause - [Fluid service doors](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01035246): 1 cases, 0 in the probable cause - [Entrance stairs](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01035260): 1 cases, 1 in the probable cause - [Door warning](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01035270): 1 cases, 1 in the probable cause - [Landing gear doors](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01035280): 1 cases, 1 in the probable cause ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 28 cases - [Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338): 26 cases - [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 19 cases - [Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330): 15 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 6 cases - [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 3 cases - [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 3 cases - [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 2 cases - [Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095): 2 cases - [Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080): 2 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Eurocopter EC 130 B4](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-ec-130-b4): 2 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 2 cases - [Mooney M20K](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k): 2 cases - [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36): 2 cases - [Beech V35B](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b): 2 cases - [Vans RV-12](https://openairdocs.org/model/vans-rv-12): 2 cases - [Czech Sport Aircraft A S SPORTCRUISER](https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-sport-aircraft-a-s-sportcruiser): 2 cases - [Evektor-Aerotechnik SPORTSTAR PLUS](https://openairdocs.org/model/evektor-aerotechnik-sportstar-plus): 2 cases - [Czech Aircraft Works Spol Sro SPORTCRUISER](https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-aircraft-works-spol-sro-sportcruiser): 2 cases - [Pzl-Swidnik PW-6U](https://openairdocs.org/model/pzl-swidnik-pw-6u): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 46 cases - [Preflight inspection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061510) (Personnel issues): 15 cases - [Forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035) (Personnel issues): 15 cases - [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 15 cases - [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 14 cases - [Attention](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021510) (Personnel issues): 12 cases - [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 11 cases - [Use of checklist](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063030) (Personnel issues): 9 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 9 cases - [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 9 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB ERA26LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA292), Aug 4, 2026: Extra Flugzeugproduktions-Und EA 300/LT (N330SB), Whitehouse, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to ensure the canopy was properly locked before flight, which resulted in the canopy opening during takeoff. - [NTSB CEN26LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA205), May 13, 2026: Vans RV4 (N292M), Conroe, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to properly latch the canopy before flight, which led to the canopy opening shortly after takeoff. - [NTSB ERA26LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA085), Nov 26, 2025: Burkhart Grob Luft UND Raumfah G103 Twin Astir Trai (N103T), Brownsboro, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to properly lock the rear canopy prior to flight, which led to the canopy opening during aerotow at low altitude, and a subsequent off-airport landing in a corn field. - [NTSB ERA25FA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA201), May 10, 2025: Piper PA32RT (N30689), Yulee, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during takeoff, which resulted in a stall/spin at an altitude too low for recovery. Contributing to the accident was the opening of… - [NTSB WPR25LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA110), Mar 10, 2025: Robinson Helicopter R44 II (N44KY), Las Vegas, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of helicopter control after the door opened during takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to confirm that the door was properly closed before departure. - [NTSB ERA25LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA070), Dec 7, 2024: William M Clapp CLAPP-SABERWING (N100SW), Valdosta, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A hard landing and subsequent gear collapse due to the pilot’s failure to securely close the airplane canopy and its subsequent opening on short final. - [NTSB ERA25LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA063), Nov 20, 2024: Holtz Rodney R Challenger II (N1666R), Concord, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control and eventual stall/mush of the airplane while trying to secure an open door in flight. - [NTSB ERA24FA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA154), Mar 25, 2024: Mooney M20K (N4387W), St. Augustine, FL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed of the airplane while in the traffic pattern, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin. Contributing was the pilot’s distraction due to the… - [NTSB ERA24FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA097), Jan 26, 2024: Beech C99 (N53RP), Londonderry, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to ensure that the cockpit door was secured before flight, which resulted in its separation during initial climb and a subsequent loss of control. - [NTSB CEN23FA359](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23FA359), Aug 12, 2023: Vans RV14 (N6161), Virden, IL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot/builder’s improper configuration of the canopy latch micro switch, which incorrectly signaled a closed canopy before flight that resulted in an inflight opening of the airplane’s canopy, an… NTSB has coded findings and defining events since 2008; earlier cases used its older occurrence and cause codes and aren't counted. Findings: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings.md. Defining events: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events.md. Phases of flight: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases.md. Every investigation, filtered by finding, event, phase, state, year or model: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md (for example ?state=MI&fatal=1). NTSB's definitions: Accident and incident, 49 CFR 830.2 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-VIII/part-830/subpart-A/section-830.2), CICTT occurrence categories (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/OccurrenceCategoryDefinitions.pdf), CICTT phases of flight (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/PhaseofFlightDefinitions.pdf), and NTSB coding manual, before 2008 (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). NTSB publishes no definitions for its findings, only their names. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.