Plane door falls off after taking off from North Las Vegas runway
Federal aviation authorities are investigating a flight out of North Las Vegas where a plane took off from the runway and its door flew off and landed on the ground.
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For a second I thought it was a recycled story on the one below, but no, second one to lose a door in less than a month.
www.pilotsofamerica.com
Incident Diamond DA40 Diamond Star N720LM,
The left door of the Diamond DA40 Diamond Star fell off after departure from runway 12R. <br />The aircraft landed safely at Las Vegas-North Las Vegas Airport, NV (VGT).
aviation-safety.net
For a second I thought it was a recycled story on the one below, but no, second one to lose a door in less than a month.
Hundred Dollar Hamburger LLC - lost door
Not much of a mishap, pax door fell off (there's a "the front fell off" joke in there somewhere), but the registered owner entity name made me chuckle. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/351676
Indeed, the rear door has been an issue in the past and already subject of an AD
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Sorry, I had to laugh when the F0X5 article said there could be issues with decompression and blown out ear drums from losing a door at altitude. A DA40 is NOT pressurized to have any decompression issues. Never trust any news report.
Pressurized or not, my bowels would probably have decompressed a little. Severity of the issue would be proportional to the ratio of solids to gaseous matter of said decompression.