- Date
- July 8, 1984, 22:00 local (Jul 9, 1984, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kennesaw, GA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N88639Cessna 421C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840708030709A
- Case key
- 6316
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Analysis
The plt reported that during the takeoff roll, at about 80 KTS, the right baggage door came open. He aborted the takeoff & the acft ran off the end of the rwy.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Overrun
Light condition - nightFactor
Door,cargo/baggage - openFactor
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Aborted takeoff - performed
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88639
- Reported as
- Cessna 421C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421C-0624
- Airframe hours
- 1,413
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-L, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Adelbert C. Wilson, Jr.
- Registered owner
- Oklahoma Tank Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 4, 1983 · 163 hours before
- Destination
- OUN · Norman, OK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 8AF4 · Mccollum, runway 27, 4,580 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,830 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 85 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Variable at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Observed at
- 15 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.