NTSB: Plane door opened before crash that hurt Glendale Hts. man

Federal aviation officials are blaming a cabin door on a single-engine airplane owned by the University of Dubuque for a crash that killed a Dubuque, Iowa, student and injured a Glendale Heights man.

Cory Alsip, of Glendale Heights, and Grant Vogt, of Dubuque, were injured in the crash after the cabin door opened mid-flight on Sept. 3, 2008. Vogt died of his injuries six days later, federal officials said in the report.

The two were flying from Dubuque to Prairie Du Chien, Wis., when they tried diverting to an airport in Cassville, Wis., and crashed at Eagle's Roost Resort.

A report released last week by the National Transportation Safety Board says the left seat pilot reported the right cabin door opened in flight. The right seat pilot tried to hold the door closed as they diverted to Cassville, but it opened again and the plane crashed.

Alsip, an aviation student, was left in critical condition with serious burns following the crash.

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