- Date
- May 18, 1982, 15:48 local (19:48 UTC)
- Place
- Titusville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N90702Piper P-60-601P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19820518016579A
- Case key
- 72822
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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.
Analysis
Shortly after takeoff witnesses observed the acft in a steep left bank descending until it crashed approximately 1200 ftnw of the departure end of the rwy. According to the pax the initial climb distracting the attention of the plt who lostcontrol of the acft while attempting to close the door. The inadvertent opening of the top section of the cabin door in flight is not considered critical. The before starting engines & before takeoff check lists call for "cabin door closed and locked pin indicators check on green mark." According to the pax the plt performed a cockpit check without the aid of a written check list.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90702
- Reported as
- Piper P-60-601P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 61P-0339-100
- Airframe hours
- 1,732
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-S1AS, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Security Transport
- Registered owner
- Air Security Transport
- Departed
- TIX · Titusville, FL
- Destination
- VRB · Vero Beach, FL
- Airport
- TIX · Tico, runway 36, 6,000 × 150 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,119 total · 3,750 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days · 44 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 172 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TIX
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.