19920123001079A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-30 · Los Angeles, CA · January 23, 1992

Date
January 23, 1992 · 14:30 local
Place
Los Angeles, CA
Airport
Whiteman Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8662Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX92LA099
Reported as
Piper PA30
Reported engine
Lycoming IO320C1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total750 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Nose baggage door opened on takeoff roll. Aborted,steered off runway to avoid stone wall. Left wing struck a tree.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE BAGGAGE DOOR OPENED ON TAKEOFF ROLL. ABORTED,STEERED OFF RUNWAY TO AVOID STONE WALL. LEFT WING STRUCK A TREE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.