# Incident 20030315005749I: Cessna 414, Indianapolis, IN, March 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2003, 10:30 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Eagle Creek Airpark Airport
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8307° N, 86.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAGLE CREEK AIRPARK (EYE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8307&lon=-86.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111PN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N111PN-2018-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 190 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030315005749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM EAGLE CREEK AIRPORT, INDIANAPOLIS, IN TO SEYMOUR AIRPORT, IN TO COMPLETE ANNUAL INSPECTION AND TO HAVE SOME PAINT WORK ACCOMPLISHED. AT 5' ABOVE THE RUNWAY ON TAKE-OFF, THE CARGO DOOR ON THE LEFT FRONT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT CAME OPEN. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND STRAIGHT AHEAD BUT RAN OUT OF HARD SURFACE RUNWAY TO STOP. HE SHUT OFF THE ENGINES BEFORE EXITING THE RUNWAY AND DID NOT BRAKE AS THE STOPWAY WAS MUDDY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ABOUT 200 FEET BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR AIRPORT FACILITIES. AIRCRAFT TOWED TO HANGAR AREA FOR CLEANING.

## Other reports on N111PN (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920124003509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920124003509I), Jan 24, 1992: Cessna 414 (N111PN), Indianapolis, IN. Left engine failed en route. Returned to departure point. Counterweight on crankshaft had failed.
- [Incident 19820113005389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820113005389I), Jan 13, 1982: Cessna 414 (N111PN), Omaha, IA, Minor damage. Unable to extend right main gear. Landed gear up. Top inner bearing broken and strut pacer grooved right main strut

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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