- Date
- October 27, 1984, 13:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Glen Canyon, UT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9842LCessna 320B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841027061709A
- Case key
- 16596
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Analysis
On takeoff roll, plt noted 5 inch difference in manifold pressure between the engs. Acft began to drift to the right. Plt applied corrective difference power, rudder and aileron to correct drift, but stated a gust of wind caused further right drift. Right main landing gear departed the rwy surface into soft sand, causing increased pull to the right despite plt's efforts. Plt initiated abort and applied brakes, but acft swerved off rwy and collided with a fence.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9842L
- Reported as
- Cessna 320B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 320B0042
- Airframe hours
- 4,212
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-470-C, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lawrence Campbell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 21, 1983
- Destination
- PGA · Page, AZ
- Airport
- UO7 · Bullfrog Basin, runway 1, 3,500 × 40 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,339 total · 450 in this make and model · 3,530 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 20 knots, gusting 50
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.