- Date
- June 6, 1985, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Butler, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2669ZCessna 340A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850606022729A
- Case key
- 35886
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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
The plt reported that prior to the flt, he made the usual preflight check & locked the left forward, nose baggage door. During the takeoff roll, the left forward baggage door opened & locked in an upright position. The plt aborted the takeoff, but there was insufficient rwy remaining to stop. After departing the departure end of the rwy, the acft became airborne as it went over a bank, then was damaged when it touched down on a slight downslope. A fire erupted in the left tip tank area after the acft came to rest. An exam of the acft revealed that the left airframe support channel for the baggage door was bent. This allowed the door to be closed to the locked position without being properly engaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2669Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 340A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340A-0736
- Airframe hours
- 1,140
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-NB, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles Dana Chalfant
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1985 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- BTP · Butler, PA
- Destination
- W95
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BTP · Butler Co., runway 25, 4,000 × 100 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,650 total · 716 in this make and model · 1,385 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 99 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.