Cessna 510 N551WH
31 August 2019 · El Monte, California, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 31 August 2019 at about 18:05 local time, a Cessna 510 registered N551WH was involved in an accident near El Monte, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 18:05
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- El Monte, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- San Gabriel Valley (EMT)
- Coordinates
- 34.0925, -118.0311
- Aircraft
- Cessna 510
- Registration
- N551WH
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2008
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- El Monte → Thermal
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR19LA247
People
2 people had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to disengage the parking brake before takeoff, which resulted in decreased acceleration and a subsequent runway overrun following an aborted takeoff.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that, while holding short of the runway, he set the parking brake while waiting for his takeoff clearance. Upon receiving takeoff clearance, he reached down to the parking brake handle and, "quickly pushed the parking brakes back in"; however, he did not visually verify that he disengaged the parking brake. During the takeoff roll, he noticed that the airplane was not accelerating beyond about 70 knots and decided to abort the takeoff. The airplane subsequently veered to the left, exited the departure end of the runway, and impacted an airport perimeter fence. The pilot reported that he must have not fully disengaged the parking brake before takeoff and that there were no mechanical issues with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the parking brake handle was partially extended, which likely resulted in the airplane’s decreased acceleration during the takeoff roll.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 510 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Aug 2019 | Cessna 510 | Los Angeles, Chile | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Feb 2020 | Cessna 510 | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Oct 2018 | Cessna 510 | Lugano, Switzerland | Jet 24 Gmbh | No injuries | - |
| 1 Dec 2021 | Cessna 510 | Havasu, Arizona, United States | Baker Byron R | No injuries | - |
| 14 Dec 2017 | Cessna 510 | Waldburg, Germany | Sky Taxi Luftfahrt GmbH | Fatal | 3 |
| 27 Oct 2014 | Cessna 510 | Faribault, Minnesota, United States | Poet LLC | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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