- Date
- July 24, 1987, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Banning, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3322QCessna 320D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870724038219A
- Case key
- 25649
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While taxiing to the runway, the right main and nose gear traveled off of the taxiway. The plt added power to the right engine and applied left brake, however, the plt stated that when power was added, the ground speed also increased. The acft traveled off the taxiway and collided with a ditch. There were no mechanical failures or malfunctions reported. The taxiway was reported to be in poor condition.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3322Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 320D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 320D0122
- Airframe hours
- 4,579
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William J. Elliott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 28, 1987 · 30 hours before
- Destination
- O04 · Carson City, NV
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BNG · Banning, runway 26, 5,200 × ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 521 total · 38 in this make and model · 414 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PSP, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3322Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.