- Date
- March 5, 1988, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Lincolnton, NC
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4329CCessna 340A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880305004529A
- Case key
- 7715
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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.
Analysis
Just after lift off for a LCL flt, the plt-in-cmd, who was in the right seat, noted the front edge of the nose baggage compt to 'pop open'. He assumed control of the acft and attempted to 'tear drop' a return to the opposite runway. During the maneuver, the baggage door opened completely and the plt did not attain alignment with the rwy. He banked to the left and in his words 'the airplane quit flying'. The acft collided with the arpt surface to the left of the runway and came to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4329C
- Reported as
- Cessna 340A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340A0536
- Airframe hours
- 2,594
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520N, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aero Quest Aviation & Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- Lincolnton, NC
- Airport
- 5N4 · Lincoln Co., runway 23, 4,800 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,066 total · 240 in this make and model · 3,445 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HKY, 19 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.