Banning Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Banning, California 92220
Friday, July 24, 1987 14:00 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/24/1987
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1400
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City BANNING
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 92220
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport BANNING
Event Location Nearest Airport ID BNG
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 1346 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 93
Weather Observation Facility ID PSP
Elevation of weather observation facility 462
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 18
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 25000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 0
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) --
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 270
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 903
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jul 24 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1525
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 34199
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 2:36PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N3322Q
NTSB Number LAX87LA280
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed VFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 320D
Aircraft Series Identifier 320D
Aircraft Serial Number 320D0122
Certified Max Gross Weight 5200
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 6
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jun 28 1987 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 30
Airframe Hours 4579
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name WILLIAM J. ELLIOTT
Aircraft Owner Street Address 1248 TAMARACK DR. PO BOX 1916
Aircraft Owner City ZEPHYR COVE
Aircraft Owner State NV
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 89448
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 0
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code O04
Destination City CARSON CITY
Destination State NV
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Taxi
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 26
Runway Length 5200
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --