- Date
- September 8, 1983, 23:30 local (Sep 9, 1983, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chamblee, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N333TQBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830908051269A
- Case key
- 6200
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft ran off the departure end of the rwy after an aborted takeoff due to a cabin door opening. The CFI said that more than half the rwy remained when the throttles were retarded and the right door popped open at 91 mph. One attempt was made to close the door before the plt decided to abort the takeoff. The acftoverran the rwys end and the nose gear collapsed when it hit a windrow. The brakes were examined after the accident and the operation was normal. The brakes reportedly 'faded' from over heating during the abort. The acft handbook states 'that when an unlatched door opens during takeoff.....flt characteristics will not be affected except for a reduction inperformance. Return to the field in a normal manner.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N333TQ
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-507
- Airframe hours
- 2,846
- Engine
- Continental IO-520C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George H. Lipton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · June 9, 1983 · 95 hours before
- Destination
- BHM · Birmingham, AL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PDK · Dekalb-Peachtree, runway 20L, 5,001 × 100 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 8,241 total · 310 in this make and model · 8,014 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTY, 14 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N333TQ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.