# Incident 19780109002289I: Cvac 240/, Winston Salem, NC, January 9, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1978, 12:48 local time
- Place: Winston Salem, NC
- Airport: Smith Reynolds
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1337° N, 80.2220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITH REYNOLDS (INT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1337&lon=-80.2220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8327C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8327C-2018-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 240-4 (registry code 2422610, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-240-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 240/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780109002289I

## Narrative

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

LANDED WITH UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION. FOUND NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK PIN STUCK IN MID POSITION.

## Other reports on N8327C (1)

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

- [Incident 19780201005179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780201005179I), Feb 1, 1978: Cvac 240/ (N8327C), Lynchburg, VA, Minor damage. Pilot directed into crusty snow pile while taxiing to the ramp nose gear collapsed.

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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