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Cirrus SR22 pilot reported after departure their door became unlocked and that this was a recurring problem.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1744246 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202005 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | SR22 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Door |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 23 Flight Crew Total 2800 Flight Crew Type 500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Upon takeoff; I realized that top latch of pilot's door was not locked. I immediately informed tower that I would need to go-around and land plane. Tower approved my turn to downwind; base and final. I landed the plane and had my co-pilot walk around outside the of the plane to secure the top latch of pilot's door. I then proceeded to inform tower that I was requesting to take off on my IFR flight plan.I have had a problem with the door closing on my 2015 cirrus SR22 for the past year. It has been in the shop on at least X occasions to repair the problem. Every time the dealer/service center says the door has been repaired when in fact it has never been repaired correctly. Cirrus seems to be indifferent to this problem. From discussion with mechanic I believe this problem is not unique to this particular airplane.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Cirrus SR22 pilot reported after departure their door became unlocked and that this was a recurring problem.
Narrative: Upon takeoff; I realized that top latch of pilot's door was not locked. I immediately informed Tower that I would need to go-around and land plane. Tower approved my turn to downwind; base and final. I landed the plane and had my co-pilot walk around outside the of the plane to secure the top latch of pilot's door. I then proceeded to inform Tower that I was requesting to take off on my IFR flight plan.I have had a problem with the door closing on my 2015 Cirrus SR22 for the past year. It has been in the shop on at least X occasions to repair the problem. Every time the dealer/service center says the door has been repaired when in fact it has never been repaired correctly. Cirrus seems to be indifferent to this problem. From discussion with mechanic I believe this problem is not unique to this particular airplane.
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.