(Commenting on)  PHOTO: Plane door falls off after takeoff, lands in South Carolina yard

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  1. Been to Market Common many times. There is a great Crepe restaurant and a bar that serves the best fully loaded Bloody Mary.

  2. Drip drip drip….this is delivered to make people afraid to fly. And to condition us …to eliminate air travel for the commoner.

    • I did too, but this is a small aircraft, a Diamond DA40 and this appears to be a window section from the side of the aircraft. Those windows can be propped open from the bottom like a hurricane shutter protecting a window on a house. I compared it with the shape of the aircraft in a photo after finding out the model. This is a 4-seater aircraft similar to a Cessna 172 single engine prop. I belonged to a flying club and used to fly the C172 all the time. Very thankful that no one was hurt. It was probably a little noisy once it blew off, but not a problem to keep the aircraft under control to get it on the ground. I am surprised the pilot and student didn’t find it on a pre-flight check. That would have been on the pre-flight checklist and if a problem, written up in the logbook. Go figure. Maybe not a good instructor and not a good student.

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