# Accident 19760930035649A: Cessna 320E, Hillsboro, OR, September 30, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1976
- Place: Hillsboro, OR
- Airport: Portland
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 45.5887° N, 122.5969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL (PDX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5887&lon=-122.5969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3472Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3472Q-1996-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320E (registry code 2074514, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,926 total, 2,555 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76FYC71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FYC71) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760930035649A

## Narrative

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

NOSE GR NOT LOCKED DUE MALF UPLOCK HOOK.

## 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 SEA76FYC71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FYC71), Sep 30, 1976: Cessna 320E (N3472Q), Hillsboro, OR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3472Q (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19940528012779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940528012779A), May 28, 1994: Cessna 320E (N3472Q), Battle Mountain, NV, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Observed low level maneuvers in Mountain area. Heard impact. Mineral survey flight. Became boxed in box canyon.
- [Incident 19890308023289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890308023289I), Mar 8, 1989: Cessna 320E (N3472Q), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. Noise on gear retraction. No gear up or down safe light. Landed with nose gear unlocked. Idler bell crank broke.

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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