- Date
- August 19, 1978
- Place
- Oklahoma City, OK · OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5MDCessna 310C
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780819031959A
- Case key
- 139772
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2933 78/8/19 OKLAHOMA CITY,OK CESSNA 310C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 595 TIME - 1715 N5MD PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLARENCE PAGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OKLAHOMA CITY,OK DUNCAN,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- CABIN DOOR CAME OPEN ON TAKEOFF ROLL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5MD
- Reported as
- Cessna 310C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clarence Page
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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.