- Date
- November 5, 1978
- Place
- Ottawa, IL · OTTAWA, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N323EBeech A-55
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781105038639A
- Case key
- 138574
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4141 78/11/5 OTTAWA,IL BEECH A-55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 2870 TIME - 1530 N323E PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OTTAWA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OTTAWA,IL CHAMPAIGN,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE BAGGAGE DOOR OPENED DURING TAKEOFF RUN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N323E
- Reported as
- Beech A-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ottawa
N323ERegistration cancelled May 19, 2005 · Beech 95-A55Airframe modelBeech 95-A55Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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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 N323E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.