# Accident 19730916030699A: Cessna 320E, Downers Grove, IL, September 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1973
- Place: Downers Grove, IL
- Airport: Brookeridge
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.7950° N, 88.0211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Downers Grove, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7950&lon=-88.0211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2JF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,020 total, 126 in this make and model, 205 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEE19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEE19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730916030699A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

R LDG GR STRUCK DOG ON RWY.R GR OLEO BENT BACK,BROKE OFF DWN LOCK AND ACTUATOR ARM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI74FEE19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEE19), Sep 16, 1973: Cessna 320E (N2JF), Downers Grove, IL, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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