Service difficulty report · Door · Diamon DA40

Difficulty date
May 10, 2009
Submitted
June 8, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N419FP
Make and model
Diamon DA40
Aircraft serial
40FC019
Part
Door
Part number
DA4522100002
Condition
Inflt Separation
Location
Main Pax
Part time
1,413 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER 2.5 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME, AFTER SINGLE TOUCH AND GO AND DURING CLIMB OUT, THE PILOT NOTICED THE REAR DOOR WARNING LIGHT AND TRIED TO RE-ENGAGE PRIMARY DOOR LATCH. THIS RESULTED IN AN IN-FLIGHT SEPARATION AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF DOOR ASSEMBLY. (K)

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