- Date
- October 16, 1982, 17:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Mcconnell Afb, KS
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N15846Beech E17L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821016053269A
- Case key
- 71620
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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
As the aircraft accelerated through 40 mph during the takeoff roll, a passenger advised the pilot that the cabin door was unlocked. The pilot reduced the engine power to idle, reached back and closed the door. While latching the door, the aircraft swerved to the right and the left main gear failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15846
- Reported as
- Beech E17L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 89
- Airframe hours
- 1,461
- Engine
- Jacobs L-4, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles O. Kanga
- Registered owner
- Charles O. Kanga
- Departed
- IAB · Mcconnell Afb, KS
- Destination
- K50 · Derby, KS
- Airport
- IAB · Mcconnell Afb, runway 18, 12,000 × 0 ft, concrete
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,557 total · 386 in this make and model · 2,396 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.