# NTSB LAX87LA280: Cessna 320D, N3322Q, Banning, CA, July 24, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 24, 1987, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Banning, CA
- Coordinates: 33.949501, -116.829902 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9495&lon=-116.8299&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 31, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25649
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA280
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25649/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA280

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3322Q-2015-01-27), registration cancelled 2015-01-27, S/N 320D0122, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- Registry model: [Cessna 320D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (registry code 2074512) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 320D0122
- Airframe hours: 4579
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870724038219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870724038219A), Jul 24, 1987: Cessna 320D, Banning, CA, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the taxiway and struck a ditch during taxi.

## Other investigations on N3322Q (2)

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.

- [NTSB FTW81FPG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FPG02), Oct 3, 1980: Cessna 320D (N3322Q), N Little Rock, AR, substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW79FQD08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FQD08), Mar 11, 1979: Cessna 320D (N3322Q), El Paso, TX, substantial damage

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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