# Accident 19790824021619A: Cessna 340A, Topeka, KS, August 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1979, 07:12 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Philip Billard
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0688° N, 95.6224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILIP BILLARD MUNI (TOP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0688&lon=-95.6224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N800BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N800BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,527 total, 55 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FCG75](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCG75) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790824021619A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT STATED ACFT WOULD NOT ROTATE ON TAKEOFF ROLL. ABORTED. RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY. POSSIBLE CONTROL LOCK ON.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC79FCG75](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCG75), Aug 24, 1979: Cessna 340A (N800BC), Topeka, KS, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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