<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1048384, November 2012

DA40 instructor pilot attempted to secure a rear door that was not fully latched in flight; resulting in the emergency latch being accidentally hit and the door departing the aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	1048384
Time
Date	201211
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	DA40 Diamond Star
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Component
Aircraft Component	Exterior Pax/Crew Door
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 105 Flight Crew Total 550 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

During a night cross country training flight the instructor noticed the rear door wasn't fully secure. The instructor attempted to secure the rear door by re-setting the latch and accidentally hit the emergency latch which caused the rear door to be ripped off the airplane in flight. The aircraft was safely flown back to the home airport.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DA40 instructor pilot attempted to secure a rear door that was not fully latched in flight; resulting in the emergency latch being accidentally hit and the door departing the aircraft.

Narrative: During a night cross country training flight the instructor noticed the rear door wasn't fully secure. The instructor attempted to secure the rear door by re-setting the latch and accidentally hit the emergency latch which caused the rear door to be ripped off the airplane in flight. The aircraft was safely flown back to the home airport.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.