- Date
- June 20, 1984, 09:14 local (16:14 UTC)
- Place
- San Francisco, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5340JCessna 404
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840620040979A
- Case key
- 23967
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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.
Miscellaneous/other
Door,cargo/baggage - unlockedFactor
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Door,cargo/baggage - openFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Precautionary landing - initiatedCause
Wheels up landing - performedCause
Analysis
The nose baggage door of the acft came open right after the gear was raised during takeoff. The plt said the acft began to pitch up & roll right. He felt that control of the acft was in doubt, so he aborted the intersection takeoff & landed gear-up on the remaining rwy. Nothing was found wrong with the undamaged nose baggage door.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5340J
- Reported as
- Cessna 404
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4040662
- Airframe hours
- 1,559
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-M, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Sierra Express Inc
- Registered owner
- Tonkin Bertram
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 24, 1984 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- SFO
- Destination
- SFO · Reno, NV
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SFO · San Francisco Intl, runway 28R, 11,800 × 200 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,837 total · 38 in this make and model · 1,781 as pilot in command · 165 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.