Probably couldn't think straight with all the wind noise and
blowing dust in the cockpit.

In general, a door popping open is not an emergency,
airplanes will fly just fine with a door in trail if it has
come completely open. Best action, is to come back around
and land and properly close the door. Trying to close the
door in-flight can bend the door making it harder to proper
close and seal later. Some POHs do have a procedure listed,
but why mess with the airplane control when a landing is
simple and just a few minutes time.

When I have a student pilot, I will pop a door during
take-off, a few seconds before rotation . If the student
aborts or continues take-off and comes around for a landing,
without any PANIC, they are ready to solo. If they say
something like, "Did you do that or did I forget to close
the door?" they are really ready. If they get all excited,
grab for the door or do something silly, they need more dual
and ground instruction.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

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"Peter R." wrote in message
...
| Ron Garret wrote:
|
| I was at nearly 1000 AGL wondering why my climb
performance
| sucked so badly before I figured out what was going on.
|
| The slightly ajar door affected the climb performance that
much?
|
| --
| Peter