- Date
- December 4, 1965
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4890BCessna 310
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174749
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3437 65/12/4 CHICAGO ILL CESSNA 310 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 1300 TIME - 1000 N4890B PX- 0 0 4 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OHARE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT DOOR/PANEL OPEN REMARKS- DOOR FAILED TO LOCK PROPERLY BECAUSE OF DISTORTION. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND. GEAR NOT FULLY EXTENDED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4890B
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ohare
N4890BRegistration cancelled Dec 7, 2012 · Cessna 310Airframe modelCessna 310Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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.