Narrative:

It was first time solo in complex aircraft. I thought I was ready to go solo even if wind was a little bit strong. Everything was ok until I got into position to depart. I made a radio call, applied throttle. When aircraft was about to be airborne, the door popped out. I was really nervous, and I was already off the ground. I didn't know what to do. It happened in just a second. I was holding the door and trying to control aircraft. I didn't want it to stall. I was watching airspeed, it was going down, so I trimmed airplane and tried to close the door, but I couldn't. I made a radio call to my instructor for help. He told me to come around, land and pull airplane to run-up area and close the door. I was coming around to land. I was so scared and nervous. The only thing that got on my mind was that I needed to land as soon as possible. I was holding the door the whole time, since when door popped up until I landed. At final I was pretty high and fast. I tried to slow the aircraft. I pulled out the power and tried to slow down to white arc. When it reached white arc I put full flaps. When I touched runway, I was way faster than what I should have been. I tried to flare, and I was still holding the door, the wind was pretty strong. I lost the control of airplane. I was middle of the runway. I hit the ground hard, became airborne again. I did this 3 times and I finally could land. By the time the airplane stopped, I was side of runway and the nose landing gear got damaged.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BE33 PLT HAD THE DOOR POP OPEN. THE PLT WAS SO DISTR BY THE OPEN DOOR THAT HE MADE AN UNSTABILIZED APCH AND A HARD LNDG.

Narrative: IT WAS FIRST TIME SOLO IN COMPLEX ACFT. I THOUGHT I WAS READY TO GO SOLO EVEN IF WIND WAS A LITTLE BIT STRONG. EVERYTHING WAS OK UNTIL I GOT INTO POS TO DEPART. I MADE A RADIO CALL, APPLIED THROTTLE. WHEN ACFT WAS ABOUT TO BE AIRBORNE, THE DOOR POPPED OUT. I WAS REALLY NERVOUS, AND I WAS ALREADY OFF THE GND. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. IT HAPPENED IN JUST A SECOND. I WAS HOLDING THE DOOR AND TRYING TO CTL ACFT. I DIDN'T WANT IT TO STALL. I WAS WATCHING AIRSPD, IT WAS GOING DOWN, SO I TRIMMED AIRPLANE AND TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR, BUT I COULDN'T. I MADE A RADIO CALL TO MY INSTRUCTOR FOR HELP. HE TOLD ME TO COME AROUND, LAND AND PULL AIRPLANE TO RUN-UP AREA AND CLOSE THE DOOR. I WAS COMING AROUND TO LAND. I WAS SO SCARED AND NERVOUS. THE ONLY THING THAT GOT ON MY MIND WAS THAT I NEEDED TO LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I WAS HOLDING THE DOOR THE WHOLE TIME, SINCE WHEN DOOR POPPED UP UNTIL I LANDED. AT FINAL I WAS PRETTY HIGH AND FAST. I TRIED TO SLOW THE ACFT. I PULLED OUT THE PWR AND TRIED TO SLOW DOWN TO WHITE ARC. WHEN IT REACHED WHITE ARC I PUT FULL FLAPS. WHEN I TOUCHED RWY, I WAS WAY FASTER THAN WHAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN. I TRIED TO FLARE, AND I WAS STILL HOLDING THE DOOR, THE WIND WAS PRETTY STRONG. I LOST THE CTL OF AIRPLANE. I WAS MIDDLE OF THE RWY. I HIT THE GND HARD, BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. I DID THIS 3 TIMES AND I FINALLY COULD LAND. BY THE TIME THE AIRPLANE STOPPED, I WAS SIDE OF RWY AND THE NOSE LNDG GEAR GOT DAMAGED.

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.