2 low time pilots experience pilot's side door opening and in resulting return land, a hard landing ...

Attributes
ACN	222871
Time
Date	199210
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fyv
State Reference	AR
Altitude	agl bound lower : 300 agl bound upper : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : fyv tower : sea
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 2 flight time total : 183 flight time type : 58
ASRS Report	222871
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : observer other personnel other
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 17 flight time total : 718 flight time type : 214
ASRS Report	222870
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff none taken : unable other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On takeoff from runway 16, the pilot-side door popped open. Called tower and explained situation. Asked to go around and come back in and land to close door. Tower gave left closed pattern and cleared to land runway 16. Buffeting door and wind activating voice-activated microphone on intercom made hearing communications very difficult. Kept plans in takeoff confign -- gear down and 15 degrees flaps. Did not climb to pattern altitude. Overshot turn to final. Once lined up and over the numbers, pulled the power. Did not take into consideration the full load of fuel and plane dropped. The plane hit hard and bounced. Apparently at this time the left main gear collapsed, (witnesses reported it was collapsed as I veered towards taxiway) and possibly stabilator drug runway. I made the decision to go around, put in full power and plane veered sharply to the right, off the runway and onto grassy area. Trying to regain control of plane, I had left rudder fully deflected. With left rudder fully deflected, plane continued heading right towards taxiway and parked helicopter and planes. I pulled power and plane came to rest in grassy area between runway 16 and taxiway with left main gear collapsed. Once I realized door was open and after getting clearance from tower, I should have climbed to pattern altitude and flown normal approach. Supplemental information from acn 222870: as a passenger/pilot this accident could have been avoided, if I would have offered to take over control of plane, flown a normal approach, and landed plane from right seat.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: 2 LOW TIME PLTS EXPERIENCE PLT'S SIDE DOOR OPENING AND IN RESULTING RETURN LAND, A HARD LNDG ENSUES, COLLAPSING GEAR ON L SIDE. RWY EXCURSION. ACFT DAMAGED.

Narrative: ON TKOF FROM RWY 16, THE PLT-SIDE DOOR POPPED OPEN. CALLED TWR AND EXPLAINED SITUATION. ASKED TO GAR AND COME BACK IN AND LAND TO CLOSE DOOR. TWR GAVE L CLOSED PATTERN AND CLRED TO LAND RWY 16. BUFFETING DOOR AND WIND ACTIVATING VOICE-ACTIVATED MIKE ON INTERCOM MADE HEARING COMS VERY DIFFICULT. KEPT PLANS IN TKOF CONFIGN -- GEAR DOWN AND 15 DEGS FLAPS. DID NOT CLB TO PATTERN ALT. OVERSHOT TURN TO FINAL. ONCE LINED UP AND OVER THE NUMBERS, PULLED THE PWR. DID NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE FULL LOAD OF FUEL AND PLANE DROPPED. THE PLANE HIT HARD AND BOUNCED. APPARENTLY AT THIS TIME THE L MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, (WITNESSES RPTED IT WAS COLLAPSED AS I VEERED TOWARDS TAXIWAY) AND POSSIBLY STABILATOR DRUG RWY. I MADE THE DECISION TO GAR, PUT IN FULL PWR AND PLANE VEERED SHARPLY TO THE R, OFF THE RWY AND ONTO GRASSY AREA. TRYING TO REGAIN CTL OF PLANE, I HAD L RUDDER FULLY DEFLECTED. WITH L RUDDER FULLY DEFLECTED, PLANE CONTINUED HDG R TOWARDS TAXIWAY AND PARKED HELI AND PLANES. I PULLED PWR AND PLANE CAME TO REST IN GRASSY AREA BTWN RWY 16 AND TAXIWAY WITH L MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. ONCE I REALIZED DOOR WAS OPEN AND AFTER GETTING CLRNC FROM TWR, I SHOULD HAVE CLBED TO PATTERN ALTITUDE AND FLOWN NORMAL APCH. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 222870: AS A PAX/PLT THIS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED, IF I WOULD HAVE OFFERED TO TAKE OVER CTL OF PLANE, FLOWN A NORMAL APCH, AND LANDED PLANE FROM R SEAT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.

2 low time pilots experience pilot's side door opening and in resulting return land, a hard landing ensues, collapsing gear on left side. Runway excursion. Aircraft damaged.