Accident · 2004-12-17
What the record says
- Event date
- 2004-12-17
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Aircraft Mfg & Dev. Co. (AMD) CH-2000 (N285AM)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- American Aviation, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- American Aviation
Probable cause
an in-flight separation of the left cockpit door due to the failure of the hinges from repeated exposure to wind or propeller slip stream forces while in the open position. The hinge failures were the ultimate result of the failure of persons unknown to follow the procedures/directives in the airplane flight manual.
Source: NTSB case LAX05LA083Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.