- Date
- February 9, 1982, 09:33 local (17:33 UTC)
- Place
- Carlsbad, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N69DHCessna 310R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820209002809A
- Case key
- 70133
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Overrun
Door,passenger - unlocked
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Aborted takeoff - delayedFactor
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
During the takeoff roll, the pilot noticed that the passenger door was not closed. He tried unsuccessfully to close the door, then elected to abort the takeoff. The pilot was unable to stop on the remaining runway. The aircraft continued off the end and went down an embankment. The left gear collapsed and the left wing and propeller were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69DH
- Reported as
- Cessna 310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310R0182
- Airframe hours
- 1,495
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Harshbarger Contruction
- Registered owner
- Harshbarger Contruction
- Departed
- CRQ · Carlsbad, CA
- Destination
- SM0 · Santa Monica, CA
- Airport
- CRQ · Carlsbad Airport, runway 24, 4,700 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,294 total · 725 in this make and model · 1,168 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.