# NTSB LAX86LA184: Cessna 310N, N4162Q, Fullerton, CA, April 21, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 21, 1986, 10:44 local (18:44 UTC)
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Location: 33.8720° N, 117.9798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8720&lon=-117.9798&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25127
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA184
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25127/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA184

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, takeoff - roll/run
  - flight control,elevator - vibration (contributing factor)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - complacency, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight manuals - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
- Overrun, landing - roll
  - landing gear,normal brake system - overtemperature (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT OVERRAN THE RWY DURING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF. THE PLT HAD FLOWN THE ACFT THE DAY PRIOR ON HIS BFR AND CONDUCTED A 'THOROUGH PREFLIGHT' INSP. ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, HE PREFLIGHTED THE ACFT AGAIN AND FLEW IT WITHOUT INCIDENT. HE THEN REFUELED THE ACFT AND LEFT IT UNATTENDED FOR APRX 90MINS. WHEN THE PLT RETURNED HE 'DID A VISUAL WALK AROUND' BEFORE ENTERING THE ACFT. DURING THE TAKEOFF GROUND RUN, AT 95 MPH, HE HEARD 'EXCESSIVE WIND NOISE.' HE THEN STARTED TO ROTATE AND FELT A VIBRATION. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE ACFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RWY. THE PLT STATED THE BRAKES FADDED THE LAST 100 FT OF TRAVEL. THE ACFT WAS EXAMINED AND THE INSPECTION PANEL WAS FOUND HANGING FROM THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE PANEL HAD 1 SCREW HOLDING IT IN PLACE AND 1 SCREW WAS IN THE NUT PLATE, BUT NOT THROUGH THE PANEL. THE OPERATORS MANUAL STATES TO MAKE AN EXTERIOR INSPECTION PRIOR TO STARTING THE ENGINES. THE ACCELERATE STOP DISTANCE WAS APRX 2,600 FT. RWY LENGTH AT THE ARPT IS 3,121 FT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4162Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310N-0062
- Airframe hours: 1986
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-V 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Norman A. Takaki
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 8, 1985, 40 hours before
- Departed: FUL, FULLERTON, CA
- Destination: LAS, LAS VEGAS, NV
- Airport: FUL, Fullerton, runway 24, 3,121 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,565 total, 382 in this make and model, 1,333 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FUL

## 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 19860421014439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860421014439A), Apr 21, 1986: Cessna 310N, Fullerton, CA, Substantial damage. Vibration on takeoff, aborted. Off runway end, hit a fence. Elevator trim inspection panel tampered with, loose.

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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