# Accident 20180625015729A: Cessna 340A, Orlando, FL, June 25, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2018, 08:15 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5456° N, 81.3331° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5456&lon=-81.3331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,078 total, 33 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180625015729A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 25, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 0815 EST, A CESSNA 340, TAIL NUMBER N60E, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AFTER ABORTING THE TAKEOFF AND VEERING TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY AND ENDING IN A DICTH. NOTABLY BOTH ENGINES AND BOTH PROPELLERS, THE NOSE SECTION AND THE NOSE-GEAR AFTER IT CAME TO REST IN A DITCH APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 07 AT THE ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT FL (ORL). THE PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAKING OFF ON RUNWAY 07 WITH THREE PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE PILOT AND HIS THREE PASSENGERS WERE ENROUTE TO HIS HOME IN MICHIGAN. THE PILOT AND THE THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT OCCURRED UNDER DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AS REPORTED BY THE ORL TOWER.

## 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 WPR18LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA179), Jun 25, 2018: Cessna 340A (N60E), Orlando, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed decision to discontinue the takeoff when confronted with abnormal acceleration and airspeed indication; the reason for the abnormal acceleration could not be determined based on…

## Other reports on N60E (1)

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

- [Incident 20030926024549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030926024549I), Sep 26, 2003: Cessna 340A (N60E), Provincetown, MA, Minor damage. (-23) N60E, Cessna CE-340-A, landing runway 07, Provincetown, MA, went off the end of the runway at approximately 1230 EDT, 9/26/03. Two people onboard, no…

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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