# Accident 19840708030709A: Cessna 421C, Kennesaw, GA, July 8, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1984, 10:39 local time
- Place: Kennesaw, GA
- Airport: Mccollum
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0312° N, 84.6213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kennesaw, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0312&lon=-84.6213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88639 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,830 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL84FKG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FKG11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840708030709A

## Narrative

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

FRONT BAGGAGE DOOR CAME OPEN ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL. ABORTED LATE AND RAN OFF END OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ATL84FKG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FKG11), Jul 9, 1984: Cessna 421C (N88639), Kennesaw, GA, 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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