# NTSB LAX84LA244: Cessna 320, N6185Q, Long Beach, CA, April 19, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 19, 1984, 05:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Coordinates: 33.809646, -118.180694 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8096&lon=-118.1807&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24225
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA244
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24225/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA244

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - airport facilities,taxiway condition - inadequate (contributing factor)
  - maintenance - inadequate, airport personnel (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - hidden obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, taxi - to takeoff
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

WHILE TAXING TO THE ACTIVE RWY, THE PLT WAS AWARE OF SEVERAL HOLES IN THE TAXIWAY. HE MADE A TURN TO THE LEFT & ENTERED A DIRT AREA TO ASSURE THAT THE ACFT WOULD NOT ENTER THE TAXIWAY HOLES. HOWEVER, IN THE DIRT AREA, THE NOSEWHEEL SUNK INTO A WATER COVERED HOLE & THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6185Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6185Q-2013-04-26), registration cancelled 2013-04-26, S/N 320B0002, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320
- Registry model: [Cessna 320B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320b) (registry code 2074508) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSI0-470-B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsi0-470-b) (registry code 17029, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 320B0002
- Airframe hours: 6212
- Engines: Continental TSI0-470-C 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Barton L. Carnes M.D.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 29, 1983
- Destination: CNO, CHINO, CA
- Airport: LGB, Long Beach

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,210 total, 11 in this make and model, 1,000 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840419015269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840419015269A), Apr 19, 1984: Cessna 320B, Long Beach, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot taxied adjacent to taxiway to avoid potholes in taxiway. Nose gear struck rut, collapsed.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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