# NTSB ATL84FKG11: Cessna 421C, N88639, Kennesaw, GA, July 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 8, 1984, 22:00 local (Jul 9, 1984, 02:00 UTC)
- Place: Kennesaw, GA
- Location: 34.0312° N, 84.6213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kennesaw, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0312&lon=-84.6213&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6316
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84FKG11
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6316/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FKG11

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, takeoff - roll/run
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - door,cargo/baggage - open (contributing factor)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - performed, pilot in command

## Aircraft

- Registration: N88639 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 421C-0624
- Airframe hours: 1413
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 54; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840708030709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840708030709A), Jul 8, 1984: Cessna 421C, Kennesaw, GA, Substantial damage. Front baggage door came open on the takeoff roll. Aborted late and ran off end of the runway.

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.

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