Vans rv-10 pilot reported aircraft door departed aircraft on takeoff resulting in an uneventful air ...

Attributes
ACN	1679441
Time
Date	201908
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Tower
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	RV-10
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Exterior Pax/Crew Door
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 1925 Flight Crew Type 30
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

During the initial climb heading south to keep at 2500 ft. In a turn the left door blew out and departed the aircraft. Returned back to the airport with no other problems. Did not request any emergency equipment or assistance during or after landing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Vans RV-10 Pilot reported aircraft door departed aircraft on takeoff resulting in an uneventful air return.

Narrative: During the initial climb heading south to keep at 2500 ft. in a turn the left door blew out and departed the aircraft. Returned back to the airport with no other problems. Did not request any emergency equipment or assistance during or after landing.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Vans rv-10 pilot reported aircraft door departed aircraft on takeoff resulting in an uneventful air return.